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Southwest Airlines is hit with a $140 million fine for last year's meltdown

A Southwest Airlines jet approaches the San Antonio International Airport.
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A Southwest Airlines jet approaches the San Antonio International Airport.

The U.S. Transportation Department has levied a $140 million fine on Southwest. It comes after the airline's meltdown last year that led to thousands of canceled flights and many stranded passengers.

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Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. As the network’s transportation correspondent since 2023, Rose’s reporting focuses on roadway and pedestrian safety, an air travel system under stress and how emerging technologies are changing the ways we get around.