Sentence examples for maintenance lapse from inspiring English sources

Mr. Oberstar plans a hearing on the maintenance lapse and the F.A.A.'s handling of it April 3.

Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said Trans States, which operates from St . Louis discovered a maintenance lapse involving the nose wheel system used to steer the Embraer-made planes while they are on the ground.

After the F.A.A. announced its fine, James L. Oberstar, Democrat of Minnesota and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released documents indicating an F.A.A. official had signed off on letting Southwest fly the planes after the maintenance lapse was reported.

The F.A.A.'s inspections came after whistle-blowers at the agency said their bosses had allowed some maintenance lapses to continue at Southwest Airlines.

A $10.2 million fine proposed a week ago by the Federal Aviation Administration for maintenance lapses at Southwest has regulators and the carrier conducting intense side-by-side examinations of its safety records and procedures.

Correction: February 10 , 2006 Friday An article on Wednesday about an admission by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection that maintenance lapses at two sewage treatment plants led to the illegal discharge of untreated human waste during the 2003 blackout misidentified the neighborhood of one plant.

The 828 violations, noted last month in a series of inspections after the fire, ranged from maintenance lapses, like overcrowded storage closets, burned-out light bulbs and missing ceiling tiles, to more serious problems like broken fire exit signs, missing fire extinguishers and emergency exits that opened inward.

Receiving just one- or three-month supplies of chronic or maintenance mediations can cause such lapses.

A maintenance contract for the wagons lapsed in 1900, as the men at the works had become proficient at repairs.

In a statement issued by the House panel Wednesday, Mr. Oberstar said that if the F.A.A. had investigated Southwest's maintenance records last year, when the initial lapse was discovered, this latest problem would have been found, too.

The National Transportation Safety Board called on Thursday for major change in the way airplane maintenance is supervised, after uncovering a chain of lapses that led to the crash of a twin-engine commuter plane in Charlotte, N.C., 13 months ago, killing all 21 aboard.