The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday proposed an increase of 2.9 million USD in the fine American Eagle Airlines to conduct, allegedly more than 1,100 flights by aircraft with the landing gear doors, which has not required repair by the FAA.
The proposed fine comes just weeks after the FAA proposed a fine of 2.5 million U.S. dollars in the airline to ensure that the flight would not have sufficient confidence that the weight of the luggage was calculated correctly.
Fort Worth, Texas-based American Eagle - a regional affiliate of American Airlines - stole four Bombardier regional jets to more than 1,100 flights from February to May 2008, with the hatches of the main landing gear, which had re n, as directed by the FAA in August 2006, the FAA said.
American Eagle said it was disappointed in the actions of the FAA said the airline is not a danger to the public and is fine.
Repairs needed to check the landing gear doors of the airlines and the necessary measures to determine the doors and replaced them with new ones. In this case, American Eagle has four losses in aircraft, but requires the removal of doors, repair of the airline while still on board.
American Eagle, said at the FAA revealed that repairs were made and the doors of the aircraft was landing system, a process that the FAA and the manufacturer of the aircraft approved later, the company said. American Eagle is subsequently withdrawn, the doors on each landing gear of the aircraft and repair in accordance with the airworthiness directive.
The airline said it would cooperate with the FAA to discuss.
The proposed fines are the latest in a series of fines multimillion-dollar, the FAA has proposed to take against airlines for failure to repair orders. In October, the FAA has the US Airways U.S. 5.4 million U.S. dollars and the United 3, 8 million for maintenance violations.
In March, Southwest Airlines has agreed to pay 7.5 million U.S. dollars in the U.S. complaint was stolen to pay hazardous.
