Lion Air has found structural cracks in two Boeing Co 737 NG planes with fewer f...
) 737 NG planes with fewer flights than a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration threshold for checks, Indonesia’s aviation safety regulator said on Friday.
The cracks are on what is known as the “pickle fork,” a part that attaches the plane’s fuselage, or body, to the wing structure. Lion Air performed the checks even though they were not yet required to “ensure security and safety of the flights,” he said.
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