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An American Airlines Inc. Boeing Co. 737-800 plane is displayed during an event at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
American Airlines has taken more than a dozen of its Boeing 737 jets out of service due to problems with newly installed overhead bins, leading the airline to cancel about 40 flights, the carrier said Thursday.
more seats as well as bigger overhead bins and electrical outlets at each seat, a plan known as “Project Oasis.” The airline is one of several carriers adding more seats to planes in order to increase revenue for each flight.
American flies 304 Boeing 737-800s and said it found “an issue with the quality of work conducted on overhead bins on two of these Boeing 737-800 aircraft,” which it said was installed by a third-party vendor that is licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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