Southwest may get fined $10 million for safety violations

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it has initiated action to collect a $10.2 million civil penalty from Southwest Airlines for operating 46 airplanes without performing mandatory inspections for fuselage fatigue cracking. Subsequently, the airline found that six of the 46 airplanes had fatigue cracks.

While Southwest has a great safety record, it is somewhat sad that even the possibility of not properly taking care of safety issues still happens in this era of excellent flight safety. If the fine is a done deal and Southwest was possibly negligent, this will cost them a lot more than $10 million in fines.

Other articles on the matter:

WSJ, Business Week, Airliners.net Post, CNN Money, WFAA w/ Video.

Written by tb_neg on March 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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