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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria grounded Boeing 737 planes across the country for safety checks, stranding thousands of travelers Sunday after two deadly accidents in two months.
All Boeing 737-100 and 200 series will be checked for stress cracks, in compliance with a U.S. air-worthiness directive, Folasade Odutola, head of the aviation panel overseeing the checks, said late Saturday.
The ruling by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration required all such models of aircraft to be inspected within 90 days of its August 2000 ruling. Many countries follow FAA directives.
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