US safety regulators are recommending a series of checks on certain Boeing 757-200 converted freighters, after an incident in which the main cargo door opened during flight. The US FAA has stopped ...

FAA says there is an “airworthiness concern” regarding the main deck cargo door of Boeing 757-200 freighters opening while in flight.

Unlike the Boeing 737, 747, 767 and 777, the 757 airframe has not been developed ... the former civilian airliners were fitted with large cargo doors allowing the loading of up to 11 pallets ...