Southwest probing maintenance tracking issue behind missed inspections

Southwest Airlines is investigating why a required inspection interval in its routine maintenance program was left out of its maintenance tracking system, causing it to miss deadlines for checking backup hydraulic systems on 128 Boeing 737s. The carrier discovered the issue on Tuesday and...

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