TriStar fixes urged

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has urged the US Federal Aviation Administration to develop inspection criteria and impose wear limits on the slat-drive system of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. The recommendation follows an accident to a Trans World Airlines L-1011 in August 1996 which scraped its fuselage on ...

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