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Delta Latest to Cancel Flights

Posted Mar 27, 08 9:52 AM CDT in US,  Business 

(Newser) – Delta Airlines canceled dozens of flights today and tomorrow after voluntarily grounding 133 of its older jets for inspections, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. As with American Airlines, Delta is checking wiring on some McDonnell-Douglas jets to ensure compliance with FAA directives. "It's an inconvenience," one traveler said, "but I'd rather be on a safe airplane."

Delta is working through its McDonnell-Douglas MD-88s and MD-90s, narrow-bodied jets that make up 30% of the airline’s domestic fleet. Delta wouldn’t say how many flights were canceled overall, but at its main hub in Atlanta, 28 departures and 61 arrivals have been nixed through noon. Inspections should be finished by Saturday, but some planes could be out of commission longer.

Source Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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American Airlines MD-80 planes are seen parked at Washington's Reagan National Airport, March 27, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Delta Air Lines jets line up on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Ga., in this Nov. 22, 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/Ric Feld, file)
A Delta Airlines Shuttle plane appears in this February photo. The airline has canceled 275 flights through tomorrow in order to inspect older planes.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)
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