American Airlines Group Inc grounded 14 Boeing 737-800 airplanes on Thursday aft...
CHICAGO - American Airlines Group Inc grounded 14 Boeing 737-800 airplanes on Thursday after complaints by pilots that overhead bins on some recently-retrofitted aircraft cabins were not closing, an American official said.
In a statement, American said the issue did not jeopardize the safety of flights and that it is working with the supplier that handled the cabin retrofits and the Federal Aviation Administration to immediately address the issue. After write-ups from pilots saying that overhead bins on some 737-800s were not closing after the updating, the planes were taken to American’s maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where mechanics discovered additional issues, Schaible said.“After further inspection by American, the work that was conducted on these two aircraft was not up to our standards.
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