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The Tri-State area's number one source for News and Information. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to shut off fuel pumps on Boeing 737s when there is a low level of fuel remaining in the center tank. Fuel tanks have been blamed for an explosion last month aboard a Thai Airways Boeing 737 and for the 1996 destruction of TWA Flight 800. The FAA's action Friday comes four years after the National Transportation Safety Board made a similar recommendation following the TWA Flight 800 crash. Under the new rules, pilots must turn off the center fuel pump if there is less than 1,000 pounds of fuel in the tank.