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Turbulence On Take-Off

Independence Air Slapped For Safety Violations

Ooops.

Seems just days before Atlantic Coast's spin-off, Independence Air, was to climb into the skies from its hub in Washington (DC), the FAA slapped it with a $1.5 million fine for safety violations.

Independence, however, says it isn't so. The company promised passengers that it just upgraded its computer system to better track safety issues and that all maintenance problems were addressed months ago.

Not so, says the FAA. It accuses Atlantic Coast of operating "several of its aircraft without performing mandatory inspections of engines, airframes and other components" over the past few years, according to the Charleston (SC) Post and Courier.

The move comes just a week after the FAA fined United Airlines $1 million for somehow forgetting the "Remove Before Flight" pins from the emergency slide on one of its aircraft. As ANN reported, the pin remained in place for 263 flights, until an eagle-eyed FAA inspector happened to notice it.

FMI: www.faa.gov

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