subject to strict regulations and inspections. "Economic pressures have stimulated many US airlines to contract out more of the maintenance traditionally
performed "in-house," and the repair stations are relying ever more on contract labor" ("Air Safety Week").
The problems arise when the airlines initiate cost saving measures such as these and the quality of work is not maintained. There has been a five hundred percent increase in the incidents of unsatisfactory maintenance quality since the airlines began to use the third party repair facilities. There was one incident where the right engine separated from a Boeing 737-200 immediately after takeoff in 1992("Air Safety Week"). The aircraft landed safely and no one was hurt, but this wasn't the case when an engine caught fire on a 737-200 during takeoff. The aircraft overran the runway and stopped in a golf course ("Air Safety Week"). The result was seventy passengers killed out of one hundred and fifteen plus one person killed on the ground. Faulty maintenance procedure
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