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Allegiant Air responds to scathing report that questions its safety record after a history of mechanical failures (ALGT)

The report alleges that the low-cost carrier operates with a culture that puts profits ahead of safety.

  • A CBS 60 Minutes report has found that
  • The report alleges that the low-cost carrier operates with a culture that puts profits ahead of safety.
  • Allegiant Air attacked the report, calling it grossly misleading.
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Allegiant Air's planes are three and half times more likely to have mid-air mechanical failures than American, Delta, United, JetBlue, and Spirit Airlines. This is according to Federal Aviation Administration documents obtained by CBS 60 Minutes in a scathing report on the low-cost carrier's safety record.

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