Air authority grounds DC8s
NZPA-Reuter Washington
The United States Federal Aviation Administration has grounded 10 DCB transport aircraft of Arrow Air, the charter company that owned the DCB that crashed in Gander, Newfoundland, in December, killing 248 American soldiers and a crew of eight. The F.A.A. said the aircraft had unapproved foreign parts. The United States Air Force announced that it was suspending chartering more Arrow planes for passengers or cargo until the F.A.A. gave the green light to the Miami firm. The company could lose about SUS2O million ($38.2 million) in revenue without defence charter
contracts.
An Arrow DCB chartered to return servicemen for Christmas holidays from overseas duty with the Middle East peace-keeping force crashed in Newfoundland. The F.A.A. said its investigation of the case had uncovered the use of unapproved foreign parts in the DCBs, and the grounding would continue until proper documentation for the parts was made or the parts replaced. . There are 68 spare parts in 10 DCBs. The parts range from valves and pumps to actuators and brake pads. The spare parts were obtained at the same time the airline bought a DCB from a European airline.
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Press, 10 February 1986, Page 6
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