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UPDATE: Southwest Airlines has grounded 38 of its Boeing jets. According to Southwest spokesperson Christi Day, that translated into 126-canceled flights, but the airline expects to be back to their normal schedule tomorrow (Thursday). Be sure to check on your Southwest flight here, before heading to the airport. Southwest’s Day said the “decision to take the planes out of service and have them inspected was our decision” and it was done to show “our commitment to safety.” According to the Dallas Morning News, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Associations said Southwest is trying to “do the right thing” and added, this is a “minor inconvenience”. Well, unless it’s your flight that gets canceled. This story began unfolding last night: according to the FAA, that’s when Southwest informed the agency that the jets had been grounded for “possible structural damage.” Click “more” for additional details. |
Earlier, the FAA proposed a $10-million plus fine against the airline, for “its decision last year to keep flying 46 jets that required safety inspections for fuselage damage.”
Christi Day of Southwest said, last night’s grounding was to have involved 44-jets, but 5 were already undergoing maintainence and one of the jets has already been “retired”.
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