(CNN) — Southwest Airlines canceled 70 flights on its schedule today as investigators continue inspecting its fleet, the airline said.
As planes are cleared, they will be put back into service, the airline said, and recommended that customers should check with the website SWA.com for the status of a particular flight or rebook a trip before heading to the airport.
On Friday, the Texas-based airline grounded 79 planes for inspection after a hole opened in the fuselage of a Boeing 737 in midflight.
The airline canceled about 600 flights to accommodate the inspections: 300 on Saturday and 300 flights on Sunday.
So far, investigators have found indications of cracks in three other aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board said yesterday.
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Of the planes inspected, 19 had returned to service by yesterday afternoon, the airline said.
Inspections of the aircraft are expected to be completed by late tomorrow.
In the Friday incident, the plane had taken off from Phoenix and was headed to Sacramento, California. Eighteen minutes into the flight, a hole 5 feet long and 1 foot wide opened in the fuselage, causing the cabin to lose pressure, the safety board said.
