US fines BA for flying 'unfit' jet

[preiffer]

Remember this from last year?

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The US airline safety authority is proposing to impose its maximum fine of $25,000 (£14,000) on British Airways for flying a jumbo jet from Los Angeles to Britain despite the fact that one of its engines had broken down shortly after take-off.
In an embarrassing chastisement, the US Federal Aviation Administration has accused BA of operating an aircraft in an "unairworthy condition" by failing to cut short the 5,500-mile flight when the fault arose.

[RichardMannion]

I was going to say that on first instance it looks cheap compared to what they would have had to pay if they had cut the flight short, then reading the article it talks of the magnitude of the compensation it would have had to pay £100k v £14k!

Thanks,
Richard