American, American Eagle cancel 424 flights in and out of D/FW Airport today

[marmar]

from the Dallas Morning News:


American Airlines Inc. and American Eagle cancelled many of their Wednesday morning flights at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport as their mechanics hurried to inspect aircraft that were pounded by hail in Tuesday's storms.

American spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said American flew in extra mechanics from its Tulsa maintenance base, while American Eagle brought in mechanics from its Abilene base to check over the regional carrier's aircraft.

American originally had 80 aircraft out of service for inspections, and American Eagle grounded 28 of its airplanes. By 7 a.m., American's workers had inspected and cleared 14 of its airplanes.

"Depending on the type of aircraft, inspections take several hours to complete, especially on the MD-80," Huguely said. "Although we have made significant progress over the last couple of hours, we have found some aircraft with some damage to them." .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/04/american-american-eagle-cancel.html

[Yo_Mama]

1. Safety first

I realize this is a major disruption, but it is entirely necessary and the inspection process should not be rushed.

[KeepItReal]

2. Thanks for the heads up! Trying to get to DFW now

Crew is missing in action... Hope they just overslept.