Thousand flights are cancelled In the USA

Filed under:USA — posted by webmaster on April 10, 2008 @ 3:02 pm

Since Tuesday the largest US airline - American Airlines- has cancelled already over 2 thousand flights, 900 from them were planned for today. The reason of such actions became carrying out of off-schedule inspections of planes’ wiring systems.
Many of people have learned about a canceling of the flight only after the arrival in the airports.
Meanwhile the check, initiated by Federal aviation management of the USA, has revealed a lot of infringements; malfunctions in planes’ wiring are among them. According to experts, such defects can lead to the most unpleasant consequences and even up to explosion of the plane.
It is informed, that check goes on boards of MD-80 which are being used for flights on routes of average range and make almost the third part of park American Airlines.
As it has been informed, returning to the normal schedule of flights depends on how experts can quickly finish check and correct the found defects.
It is worth of mentioning that carrying out nearby 2,3 thousand flights a day, American Airlines has already apologized before the passengers, who are waiting for their flights at the airports. As representatives of airline approve, a feed and an opportunity to stop at hotel is being offered to all passengers.

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