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Maintenance Checks Disrupt U.S. Airline Operations

Steve Scott

Monday, March 31st, 2008

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A number of U.S. air carriers are dealing with numerous flight cancellations caused by unscheduled jetliner inspections spawned by maintenance record checks ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration in the wake of Southwest Airlines' failure to inspect some of its older Boeing 737s. And the maintenance dragnet comes in advance of a congressional hearing at which disgruntled FAA inspectors will testify that senior FAA officials have failed in regulating airline compliance with airworthiness directives. The FAA issued a directive ordering…

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