American Airlines Cancels Flights To Inspect MD-80 Fleet Again To Ensure Technical Compliance With FAA Directive
09.04.08 - 22:37 ... source : American Airlines
... FORT WORTH , Texas - American Airlines is canceling several hundred flights today to conduct additional inspections of its MD-80 fleet to ensure precise and complete compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration's airworthiness directive related to the bundling of wires in the aircraft's wheel wells. These inspections - based on FAA audits - are related to detailed, technical compliance issues and not safety-of-flight issues. "We've been working in good faith to ensure that we are in complete compliance with this airworthiness directive," said Gerard Arpey, Chairman and CEO of American Airlines. "We regret and apologize that we are once again causing inconvenience to our customers, but we will continue to work in good fa ...» Next (HTML)


