The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Transportation said Wednesday it would launch an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of airline maintenance on two U.S. carriers.
The inspector general in a memo said it would alter the scope of an ongoing audit due to multiple congressional requests for the office to evaluate the FAA’s oversight of Allegiant Air, which last month was the subject of an CBS News “60 Minutes” report about the airline’s mechanical issues. The audit will also evaluate the FAA’s oversight of American Airlines.
“Our objectives now are to assess FAA’s processes for investigating allegations of improper maintenance practices at two carriers, Allegiant Airlines and American Airlines,” the office wrote in the memo.
