Spokesman Jack Evans says five planes remain to be inspected. He said flights should return to normal tomorrow. The airline canceled dozens of flights on the West Coast after the FAA raised doubts about the tool used to measure wear on the jackscrew. The device controls the horizontal stabilizer on the tail and is suspected in the January crash of Flight 261 that killed 88 people. Late yesterday, Alaska Airlines decided to ground 18 Boeing MD-80's.
Federal regulators say there are no indications of problems.
But the FAA is alerting other airlines using MD-80 planes. The airline says the tools used to check the jackscrews can show incorrect readings if they're not positioned correctly. The FAA is also asking airlines to check their DC-9 jets, which are also affected. Alaska Airlines has 34 of the MD-80 planes in its fleet of 92 planes. The results are in, and Golden Heart Utilities is indeed proposing an increase in city water and sewer rates.