United Airlines temporarily grounded its Airbus A321neo fleet last night for an extremely odd reason. The issue has been resolved…for now.
United Airlines Had To Ground A321neo Fleet Due To No Smoking Light
First noted by JonNYC, United Airlines suddenly pulled its Airbus A321neo fleet out of operations last night:
but in any case, several confirmations, some issue with UA’s Neos – thanks to those who sent this along!
— 🇺🇦 JonNYC 🇺🇦 (@xJonNYC) February 12, 2024
It turns out the issue was that the no smoking lights could not be turned off!
Yes, smoking has not been allowed onboard a domestic flight in the USA since 1990, but an archaic Federal Aviation Administration rule still requires that the flight crew must be able to turn off and on the no smoking light, when present.
“If smoking is to be prohibited, there must be at least one placard so stating that is legible to each person seated in the…
