Airline suspends operations, cargo business unaffected

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Monday, Aug. 13, 2001 | 10:46 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Emery Worldwide Airlines suspended its air carrier operations today under an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration. The Washington Post said the FAA had found so many maintenance problems that it was preparing to ground the Emery fleet.

Emery's parent, CNF Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., said a separate unit, Emery Worldwide air freight company, will continue full-scale operations.

The FAA is looking into crashes of Emery aircraft that may have been caused by maintenance problems. The National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a hearing Monday into the crash of an Emery jet Feb. 16, 2000, near Sacramento, Calif., that killed the plane's three crewmen.