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American Airlines To Retire Fleet Of MD-80 Planes

American Airlines has announced it is retiring its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airplanes. Here & Now transportation analyst Seth Kaplan joins host Jeremy Hobson to talk about the iconic airplane.

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