The Milwaukee-based air carried grounded 13 jets for
re-inspections to the wiring harness - the same reason AA canceled
flights.
After
American Airlines (AA) grounded a large part of its fleet and canceled
more than 2,400 flights since Tuesday, it was Midwest Airlines’ turn to
do it. The Milwaukee-based air carried grounded 13 jets for
re-inspections to the wiring harness - the same reason AA canceled
flights.
Midwest Airlines announced that it has made the
cancellations voluntarily. It grounded 13 Boeing MD-80 airplanes to
make sure that the wiring harness is in conformity with the directive
released by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
According
to the Midwest spokesman Mike Brophy, the MD-80s were ok, but the
management decided the company’s own personnel should re-inspect the
aircrafts.
Midwest Airlines only said it canceled 10 flights by Thursday morning, but couldn’t estimate how many would follow.
American
Airlines executive vice president Daniel Garton said the mass
cancellations could continue on Friday and the return to a normal
schedule depends on how quick the mechanics carry out the inspections
and the eventual repairs of the wire bundles.
On late
Wednesday afternoon, 60 planes were cleared for flight, 119 were under
inspections and repairs and 121 were expecting inspection, said AA
spokesman Tim Wagner.
The aircrafts went through another
inspection and fixing period two weeks ago, but when the FAA inspectors
conducted another survey they found out that 15 of 19 American jets
they examined flunked. The findings of FAA’s survey left AA management
with no choice but to ground all 300 of its MD-80s. American Airlines
has a fleet of 655 planes.
"We have obviously failed to complete
the airworthiness directive to the precise standards that the FAA
requires, and I take full responsibility for that," said Gerard Arpey,
AA's chairman and chief executive.
The Milwaukee-based air carried grounded 13 jets for
re-inspections to the wiring harness - the same reason AA canceled
flights. 
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