On April 9, 2008, American Airlines announced that it would cancel 1,000 upcoming flights as part of the reinspection process on the carrier's fleet of MD-80 jets. About 2,300 American Airlines flights run every day. Late in the day on April 9, they announced they would cancel roughly 900 flights on Thursday, April 10, 2008, allegedly due to issues getting repair teams and mechanics to proper locations.

An FAA directive has ordered that a wiring harness on the planes be checked. The effort is part of a larger initiative by the FAA, which conceded to skipping Southwest Airlines inspections in 2007. (The Senate Transportation Committee found fuselage cracks on Southwest planes that had not been inspected).

American had previously announced on April 8 that it would cancel 500 additional flights, and said on March 26, 2008, that it was canceling 200 flights that involved the MD-80 aircraft.

On April 13, 2008 American Airlines announced its return to a normal flight schedule.

• Google News: American Airlines Cancels Flights
• BBC: American Airlines 'back to normal' (April 13, 2008)
• Bloomberg: American Will Scrub 900 More Flights in 3rd Day of Inspections (April 10, 2008)
• CNN.com: American Airlines Cancels 900 More Flights (April 10, 2008)
• RTTNews: American Airlines Announces Cancellation Of More Than 900 Flights (April 9, 2008)
• The New York Times: American Cancels 1,000 Flights in New Sign of Trouble (April 9, 2008)
• DallasNews.com: American Airlines cancels 850 flights as reinspections continue (April 9, 2008)
  • These cancellations constitute about 1/3 of American Airlines total forthcoming scheduled flights. Tens of thousands of customers are now stuck having to alter or reschedule their itineraries.

• The New York Times: Airplane Maintenance: Maybe Not a Place to Skimp (April 1, 2008)
• CNNMoney.com: American cancels 200 flights for safety tests (March 26, 2008)
• USA Today: American cancels 200 flights for wiring inspections (March 26, 2008)
• KXAS (Dallas, TX): American Airlines Cancels 200 Flights For Inspection (March 26, 2008)
• CBS11TV (Fort Worth, TX): American Airlines Cancels Flights For Inspections (March 26, 2008)
• MyFox Dallas: American Airlines Cancels 200 Flights For Inspections (March 26, 2008)

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• The Gary Baumgarten Report: American Airlines Grounds Planes, Cancels Flights (March 26, 2008)

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