Alaska to ground some of MD-80 fleet
Aug 3, 2000 | 10:01 pm
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Alaska to ground some of MD-80 fleet
CNN is reporting on their website that the FAA is saying that Alaska Airlines will ground up to 18 of their MD-80s for inspection.
Aug 4, 2000 | 12:04 am
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I have posted this link to cnn in the In The News group as well. That is the better place for this. They airline has grounded 18 planes at Seatac thinking that the tool used for checking the jackscrew is bad.
http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/08/04/news/wires/alaska_wg/
http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/08/04/news/wires/alaska_wg/