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ABC News: Southwest Airlines to Ground 44 Planes
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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USA TODAY Southwest Airlines on Wednesday grounded 38 jets in the midst of a federal probe of the low-cost carrier prompted by last week's $10.2 million fine for missed safety inspections. (article 12)
Four of the planes that Southwest Airlines Co. grounded for inspections this week were found to have cracks in their fuselages and were undergoing repair, the company said Thursday. (article 2)
Southwest canceled about 4 percent of its flights Wednesday after deciding to perform new inspections on 43 Boeing jets, including 38 that had been carrying passengers Tuesday. (article 2)
On Wednesday, the airline grounded several dozen planes as both internal and external investigators look into the airline's inspection and safety practices. (article 14)
The move announced Wednesday comes as Southwest faces a $10.2 million civil penalty for continuing to fly nearly 50 planes after the airline told regulators that it had missed required inspections of the planes. (article 1)
Southwest spokeswoman Christi Day said Wednesday that the move to ground 41 planes resulted in some flights being canceled, although she didn't have a precise figure. (article 1)
Wednesday, Linda Rutherford, Southwest's vice president of public relations and community affairs, provided more information about the airline's internal investigation. (article 13)
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Event tracking:
Story keywords
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SOUTHWEST, FAA, airline, Inspections, planes |
Source articles
- Southwest Grounds 41 Jets as Airline Deals With Safety Penalties (FOX News, 03/12/2008, 271 words)
- Southwest Repairs 4 Planes for Cracks (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/13/2008, 417 words)
- You are now free to sit :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business (suntimes.com, 03/12/2008, 328 words)
- Few flights at Bay Area airports canceled; airline says full schedule resumes today (sfgate.com, 03/13/2008, 647 words)
- Southwest resumes normal operations (CNN, 03/13/2008, 518 words)
- The Seattle Times: Southwest grounds jets for safety inspections (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/13/2008, 570 words)
- ABC News: Southwest CEO: FAA Fine 'Will Hurt a Lot' (ABCNews, 03/12/2008, 508 words)
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 03/13/2008, 1182 words)
- Southwest Airlines puts 3 employees on leave after safety probe (dallasnews.com, 03/12/2008, 1001 words)
- Southwest Airlines, FAA accused of falsifying safety reports (dallasnews.com, 03/11/2008, 987 words)
- Southwest Airlines grounds dozens of jets after safety probe (dallasnews.com, 03/13/2008, 1005 words)
- By Alan Levin... (USA Today, 03/13/2008, 404 words)
- ABC News: Southwest Airlines to Ground 44 Planes (ABCNews, 03/12/2008, 566 words)
- Bad Times, Good Times: Southwest Is No. 1 (ABCNews, 03/13/2008, 433 words)
- DAILY DIGEST (sfgate.com, 03/13/2008, 1060 words)
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