US transportation secretary promises better FAA performance, calls on it to 'improve and adapt'

US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday that she will move quickly to determine why it was necessary for American Airlines to cancel 3,300 flights two weeks ago to conduct safety inspections and announced a series of steps she said will improve FAA's safety oversight system. FAA has come...

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