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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lacks effective oversight controls to ensure American Airlines’ corrective actions for maintenance issues address root causes, a government watchdog report said Friday.
The Transportation Department Inspector General’s office said in 171 of 185 of cases sampled, FAA inspectors accepted root cause analyses by American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) “that did not identify the true root cause of the problem” and the agency “closed compliance actions before the air carrier implemented its corrective actions.”
