FAA Imposes Huge Fines for Safety Violations
by Abbey on 19/10/09 at 10:53 am
United Airlines and US Airways in Chicago are supposed to be fined for millions of dollars as a result of negligence and infringements of safety measures as reported by The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday. These safety violations are becoming more than dangerous as it was recently discovered that a plane was flying in the sky with engines packed with shop towels, left there by engine men.
The transportation agency stated that US Airways, based in Tempe, Ariz., is subject to a fine in the size of $5.4 million dollars, referring to the fact that 1,647 flights for the time period from October 2008 to January 2009 were conducted just by eight planes which is by itself considered to be a flagrant violation either of safety measures or of internal maintenance regulations.
One more $3.8 million fine is supposed to be levied in relation to United Airlines for serving 200 flights with a Boeing 737 for the reason of applying shop towels in stead of protection covers on oil collecting tanks.
According to the regulations of The Federal Aviation Administration, there is a 30 day time period for the companies to provide the facts of alleviating circumstances before final imposing of penalties in the form of enormous fines. This is a rather common event to reduce the amount of fines in the course of negotiations.
These huge fines are directly-proportional to a number of flights, carried out with a brazen violation of safety directives and maintenance rules.
As reported by The FAA, US Airways did not perform duties on examinations of Boeing 757’s engine functioning which was engaged in 505 flights. Airbus A320 also achieved a number of 855 flights without compliance with directives of the maintenance program.
But, Southwest Airlines was recognized as a ruthless abuser of requirements and inspections because its jets had operated nearly 60,000 flights in 2006 and 2007 without obligatory check-ups for structural wholeness and 1,451 flights after receiving notification on missed examinations.
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