The airline faces a $4.1 million fine for lengthy tarmac delays of 43 flights that impacted more than 5,800 passengers.
American Airlines is drawing the largest fine ever keeping passengers on delayed flights without giving them a chance to leave the plane.American Airlines is facing the largest-ever fine for keeping passengers waiting on board airplanes during hours-long delays.
In the longest of the delays, passengers sat aboard a plane in Texas in August 2020 for six hours and three minutes. The 105-passenger flight had landed after being diverted from the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to severe weather, with the DOT alleging that "American lacked sufficient resources to appropriately handle several of these flights once they landed.
The company also said it has invested in technology to better handle flights in severe weather and reduce the congestion at airports.
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