Boeing hit with another setback as the FAA issues a new requirement

Cockpit seats on 787s will now have to be inspected, a safety measure that will affect 158 planes registered in the U.S.

Federal safety officials are requiring inspections of cockpit seats on Boeing 787 Dreamliners after one of the jets went into a dive when the captain’s seat lurched forward without warning and disconnected the plane’s autopilot system.

Boeing also has stopped test flights of a new version of its 777 jetliner after discovering a damaged structural part between the engine and the rest of the plane.