American Airlines (AA) expects to have all of its Boeing 757s back in service Saturday after taking additional measures to prevent the seats from becoming loose, necessitating cancellation of nearly 100 flights Thursday and Friday for repair work to be done.
Seat lock plunger mechanism. Courtesy, AA American Airlines (AA) expects to have all of its Boeing 757s back in service Saturday after taking additional measures to prevent the seats from becoming loose, necessitating cancellation of nearly 100 flights Thursday and Friday for repair work to be done. After stating Wednesday that inspections had been completed on the 48 of its 102 757s that use a particular clamp to secure its economy seats to the floor (ATW Daily News, Oct. 4), AA ...
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