April 15th - Officials at American Airlines announced today that all of its aircraft that were grounded last week for wiring inspections will have to be re-inspected once again due to mistakes in the inspection process, according to the Non-Associated Press.
The groundings, which affected several hundred planes and resulted in the cancellation of over 3,000 flights, affected hundreds of thousands of passengers nationwide.
"The same inconviences that occurred last week will repeat once again," said an anonymous FAA representative.
According to the FAA, serious mistakes were made in the examination process of the MD-80 wiring systems. Problems already present may have been made worse and others may have been created. Full details are not available, but some experts have speculated that agents inspecting the airplanes used bubble gum to secure some of the wires, and beer bottles may have been left in some wire compartments.
"We understand that this is difficult for everyone travelling on American Airlines, and we will try to resolve the problem as quickly as possible," said the FAA in a statement released this morning.
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