From Gail.L.CARTER at oregon.gov Wed Feb 25 07:52:41 2015 From: Gail.L.CARTER at oregon.gov (CARTER Gail L * DAS) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:52:41 +0000 Subject: [Travel-Link] Travel Alert: Southwest Airlines grounds 128 planes, cancels at least 90 flights Message-ID: <6D7B3FDED4C6934F912050672828320270AF96D9@WPORGEXCL01.ENTSS.OR.GOV> State Travel Coordinators, For your information. Gail L. Carter *********************************************************************** From: Stephen Matusik [mailto:smatusik at azumano.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:45 AM Subject: Travel Alert: Southwest Airlines grounds 128 planes, cancels at least 90 flights after missed inspections DALLAS (AP) - Southwest Airlines Inc. says it has grounded 128 planes after failing to inspect backup hydraulic systems used to control the rudder if the main system fails. The airline said Tuesday night that it had canceled 90 flights so far. The grounding covers about one-fifth its fleet. Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said that after discovering the missed inspections, the airline immediately notified federal safety regulators and began checking the planes. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, Lynn Lunsford, said that the FAA was working with Southwest and Boeing, which manufactured the planes, to evaluate a plan that would let the airline keep flying the planes until the inspections are completed over the next few days. The missed inspections were first reported by The Wall Street Journal. King called the missed inspections inadvertent. She said the airline discovered that 128 of its Boeing 737-700 jets already had flown beyond the point at which the backup hydraulic systems were supposed to be inspected. She said safety was the airline's top priority, and it was working to fix the matter quickly. Stephen Matusik | Account Executive | Azumano Company 518 SW 6th Ave | Portland, OR 97204 | Phone: 503-221-6151 | Fax: 503-294-6474 Email: smatusik at azumano.com | Toll Free: 1-800-777-2018 [sig] DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity who is the intended recipient. Unauthorized use of this information is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender by replying to this message and delete this material from any system it may be on. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3082 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: