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EXPLAINED: Us orders boeing 787 inspections after latam plane plunge | Rare Historical Photos

US air safety regulators issued an airworthiness directive following a March incident on a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines (Credit: AFP)

US regulators said Monday they ordered inspections of pilot seats on hundreds of Boeing 787 planes following a March flight in which the plane's sudden plunge led to passenger injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring inspections after a report "of uncommanded movement of the captain's seat in the forward direction that caused a rapid descent," the agency said in a statement.

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