The Federal Aviation Administration will take a closer look at safety at United Airlines after a string of nearly a dozen incidents this month, the airline said in a memo Friday.
Passengers seeing a series of bad headlines about the airline and its Boeing jets may consider booking away from the airline.
In a statement, the FAA said its "safety assurance system routinely monitors all aspects of an airline's operation. It focuses on an airline's compliance with applicable regulations; ability to identify hazards, assess and mitigate risk; and effectively manage safety."Boeing, the manufacturer of the vast majority of the jets that United Airlines uses, is also in the spotlight following a series of dramatic incidents involving its planes.
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