American Airlines claims improperly installed clamps are responsible for seats coming loose mid-flight, forcing two planes to make emergency landings.
Seats on 36 of the airline’s Boeing 757 planes have been inspected with another 11 are still to be checked, the carrier said.
The airline is working with federal safety administrations to make sure that all of their planes are up to par.
American Airline vice president of safety David L. Campbell said that the clamps may have been installed incorrectly during maintenance work by American crews and outside contractor Timco Aviation Services, reports the Daily Mail.
On Saturday a Miami-bound flight took off from Boston and was forced to make an emergency landing at JFK airport after a row of seats became unhinged.
A second plane was discovered to have loose seats on Monday after taking off for Miami and was forced to return to JFK, see previous story.
