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United states. on the other airline that flies them u.s. airways and they have newer models. >> you and i were talking earlier about a bigger picture here, maybe something we're not thinking of. tell us about it. >> this is where it will impact the entire industry. i spoke with darryl jenkins, an aviation expert, an author and airline consultant and what we're talking about here, not just for the southwest, but delta and american are aging airliners. for instance, the d.c.-9, md-80. here is what he told me they're constantly serviced and put back. and at certain point repairing the outer hull....

Of the largest fines in u.s. aviation history against american airlines. the massive penalty reportedly the result of a two-year investigation into safety violations at american. specifically, improper wiring maintenance in the airline's md-80 aircraft. back in april 2008 the issue forced the airline to temporarily ground all 300 of its md-80s for inspection. that caused the cancellation of about 3300 flights inconveniencing more than 300,000 passengers. connell mcshane is here from the fox business network. how big a fine are we talking about here? >> reporter: well, we don't know, jon, but w...

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That particular learjet has the levers outside. and it was not changed over properly. so they took off, very few commercial pilots unless you're military and fighters have ever been into an a isobaric chamber. so what they did was climb, and the pilot climbed right with the aircraft and did not stop at 5,000 feet. they began to fall asleep. pilots, passengers, everybody. so when the aircraft was on autopilot, it flew until it ran out of gas. they launched fighters to take it down, but they didn't have to. but that also happened in an md md-80 to cypress. they thing would have started the desen...

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