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Is maintenance failure endemic at Southwest Airlines?
2015-03-02 11:59:01| Airlines - Topix.net
Last week, Southwest Airlines grounded 128 Boeing 737's, about 19% of their entire fleet. The planes were grounded because Southwest, according to the required maintenance schedule, failed to inspect their backup hydraulic systems, used to control the planes' rudders if the main systems fail.
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