(CNN) — Southwest Airlines announced Saturday that it is grounding 79 planes for inspection following an incident in which one of its flights was forced to make an emergency landing after a 3-foot hole tore open in the fuselage of the plane. The plane managed to land safely at a military base in Yuma, Arizona, …
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NTSB: American Airlines barred from federal probe after mishandling data – USATODAY.com
American Airlines has violated a rule on handling aircraft recorders following incidents and will not be allowed to participate in a federal investigation of why its jet overran a runway last week. The National Transportation Safety Board requires airlines to submit the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder immediately to its lab …