Auatralian airline scrambles to find seats

Australia’s second largest airline scrambled today to find seats for thousands of passengers after aviation authorities grounded 10 of its planes because of sloppy maintenance.

Australia’s second largest airline scrambled today to find seats for thousands of passengers after aviation authorities grounded 10 of its planes because of sloppy maintenance.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) grounded Ansett Airline’s 10 Boeing 767s because of safety concerns and threatened to ground the carrier’s remaining 53 planes unless the company can prove its maintenance operations meet safety guidelines.

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