Finnair replacing 1,700 seat covers after cleaning problem
Finnair grounded eight Airbus A321s and canceled 70 flights after seat-washing raised potential fire-safety breaches; it will replace about 1,700 seat covers.
An airline had to cancel flights for thousands of passengers after it cleaned some planes' seat covers with water
Finnair canceled 40 flights affecting about 5,000 passengers after learning seat-cover cleaning with water may have compromised fire protection, grounding eight Airbus A321 jets.
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About 40 Finnair flights were cancelled after part of the A320 fleet was grounded due to seat covers washed with water raising fire-protection concerns.
