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Finnair confirmed that it had grounded all eight of their A321 planes over safety concerns

The airline, based in Helsinki, Finland, announced that the planes would all be back in the air by the end of the month, with one of the eight already back in service

Grounding the planes resulted in the cancellation of roughly 70 flights

An airline announced that flights will resume by the end of October after having to cancel roughly 70 trips in less than a month.

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Finnair revealed in a press release that they temporarily grounded eight A321 planes on October 13 over safety concerns about the installed seat covers.

They explained that they'd “been informed by the manufacturer of the original seat covers that the impact of washing on the fire protection of

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