American Airlines cancels 1,000 flights for safety inspections

American Airlines has canceled more than 1,000 flights to inspect their MD-80 aircraft. Over 100,000 people will have their flights disrupted because of these inspections.

AA Information

And a choice quote from American Airlines:

“We have obviously failed to comply with the airworthiness directive to the standards that the FAA requires,” AMR Chief Executive Gerard Arpey said at a press conference in Los Angeles. “I take full responsibility.”

Fortunately, these inspections are more of a ‘paperwork’ issue rather than a ’safety issue’.

Fox Business Article

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Written by tb_neg on April 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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