WASHINGTON—The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lacks effective oversight controls to ensure that American Airlines’ corrective actions for maintenance issues address root causes, a government watchdog report said on Friday. The Transportation Department Inspector General’s office said in 171 of 185 of cases sampled, FAA inspectors accepted root cause analyses by American Airlines “that did not identify the true root cause of the problem” and the agency “closed compliance actions before the air carrier implemented its corrective actions.” The FAA said it “agrees with many of the recommendations in the report and is taking steps to address them.” American Airlines said it welcomed the report. “We plan to work with the FAA to ensure we take positive action and continuously refine and improve our safety controls,” an airline spokeswoman said. The report found that in one instance American “flew an aircraft with an inoperable emergency evacuation slide for 877 days before …
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