Four of five Southwest Airlines aircraft with tiny fuselage cracks should be back in regular service by Saturday after mechanics complete repairs, the airline said yesterday. The Dallas-based carrier inspected 79 of its Boeing 737-300s from Saturday through Tuesday to check for cracks along the lap joints that run the length of the right and left side of the fuselage. The testing found five aircraft with subsurface cracks, one per airplane. The cracks ranged in length from a tenth of an inch to a quarter inch. “As of today, Boeing has provided repair instructions for all five of the impacted

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