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    Southwest Airlines Is Flying Planes that Missed Inspections

    Southwest Airlines canceled 80 flights yesterday after reporting that it failed to perform mandatory rudder inspections on 128 of its planes.  But the FAA was willing to make a deal: the jets can keep flying, as Andy Pasztor reports in the Wall Street Journal .

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    By Warren Olney • Feb 25, 2015 • 1 min read

    Southwest Airlines canceled 80 flights yesterday after reporting that it failed to perform mandatory rudder inspections on 128 of its planes. But the FAA was willing to make a deal: the jets can keep flying, as Andy Pasztor reports in the Wall Street Journal.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Evan George

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Playing Politics with Homeland Security
    1. 1:47Southwest Airlines Is Flying Planes that Missed InspectionsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:37Playing Politics with Homeland Security
    3. 44:59How Eating Peanuts Can Prevent Peanut Allergies
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