AMERICAN AIRLINES TEMPORARILY GROUNDS EIGHT PLANES AFTER LOOSE SEATS
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New York (Reuters) - American Airlines said on Monday it has temporarily grounded eight planes to evaluate them after seats became loose on two flights in the last few days -- incidents which have also prompted safety regulators to look into the matter.
The airline, whose parent AMR Corp filed for bankruptcy protection in November, is reinspecting eight Boeing Co 757 planes after a row of seats came loose during a Saturday flight and the same thing happened again on a different plane on Monday.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is also looking into the incidents, according to a FAA statement forwarded by American Airlines. FAA representatives were not available for comment after hours.
02/10/2012 : Sinead Carew & Edwina Gibbs / Chicago Tribune.
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