The company said it canceled about 200 flights so it could check on wiring bundles in its MD-80 planes.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, said it voluntarily canceled nearly 10 percent of its flights on Wednesday to check plane wiring as part of a national air worthiness directive by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The company said it canceled about 200 flights so it could check on wiring bundles in its MD-80 planes.
"We are reinspecting the MD-80s to make sure the wiring is installed and secured exactly according to the directive," AMR said in a statement.
The Federal Aviation Administration last week launched an audit of maintenance records at all domestic airlines following alleged inspection lapses at Southwest Airlines Co that led the agency to propose a record fine of $10.2 million on March 6.
!ADVERTISEMENT!AMR said the inspections can take several hours per aircraft. Many of the checks have already been completed, and the aircraft are back in service. AMR said the other planes will return to service throughout the day.
(Reporting by Kyle Peterson and Edward Tobin; Editing by Maureen Bavdek)
