WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Federal Aviation Administration, in a directive to be released Friday, will propose a mandatory fix on Boeing's 787-8 Dreamliners.
The action was prompted by "numerous reports of failures of proximity sensors" that could cause the aircraft to veer off in adverse weather or on short runways, the FAA said, and that "it was determined that the failed sensors had broken magnet wires due to stresses induced by thermal expansion and contraction of an epoxy applied around them."