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FAA hits American Airlines with biggest fine ever

Federal aviation regulators have slapped American Airlines with the largest fine in history, charging that the carrier made thousands of unsafe flights.
The Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, said it has "proposed" a $24.2 million civil penalty for American Airlines' failure to properly inspect its MD-80 aircraft.
The airline did not follow the guidelines to prevent wires from shorting, which could cause a loss of power and possibly a fire, the FAA said.
American airline's stock price is down 1.7%.
The FAA inspections resulted in the grounding of about 1,000 American Airlines flights in early April, 2008, after the inspectors found that the airline did not properly inspect two of its airplanes.
As part of that inspection, the FAA determined that American airline operated 286 of its MD-80s on a total of 14,278 flights "while the aircraft were not in compliance with federal regulations."
FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said the fine is considered a proposal because the airline has 30 days to respond and has the option of negotiating a smaller fine.
"There was never a flight safety issue," American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said.
"These events happened more than two years ago and we believe this action is unwarranted," he said.
"We will challenge any proposed civil penalty. We are confident we have a strong case."
Southwest Airlines had previously been the recipient of the biggest FAA fine -- of $10.2 million -- which it was able to negotiate down to $7.5 million.

[ 원문 : http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/26/news/companies/american_airlines_faa/index.htm ]

Words and sentence
* slapped : 때리다. (벌금 등을) 부과하다.
   a slap on the wrist : 가벼운 처벌. small punishment
* fine : 벌금
* civil penalty : 민사상의 과태료
* short : 누전시키다.
   short circurt
* inspection : 철저하게 조사하다.
   check : 단순히 보다.
* ground : 이륙금지
   you are grounded : 외출금지야~
* in compliance : 법을 따르다. 준수하다.
* recipient : 수취인. 받는 사람.

* failure : 점검하지 않은
* wires : 전선
* unwarranted : =unjustified. 부당하다.
* challenge : 도전하다. 이의를 제기하다.
* We are confident : 우리는 자신있다.
* case : 논거. 주장