Southwest Airlines Suddenly Grounds 34 Planes in its Fleet
Southwest Airlines had to abruptly ground 34 Boeing 737-700 aircraft on Thanksgiving Eve when the low-fare behemoth discovered that the maintenance paperwork related to the grounded planes was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety directives.
Per an FAA mandate, Southwest was required to do immediate detailed visual inspections of the 34 grounded aircraft. A Southwest spokesperson said the carrier voluntarily followed the FAA mandate.
According to a source in Southwest’s maintenance department close to developments, the detailed visual inspections performed on the grounded planes focused on damaged fuselage areas of the aircraft that had been previously repaired.
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