United Stated Department of Transportation (DOT) yalengeza kuti yapereka chindapusa cha $425,000 ku Ethiopian Airlines poyendetsa ndege zomwe zidagwiritsa ntchito nambala yauditor ya United Airlines, komanso chindapusa cha $400,000 pa Etihad Airways poyendetsa ndege pansi pa code ya wopanga ndege ya JetBlue Airways, m'madera onse omwe bungwe la Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) linakhazikitsa lamulo loletsa oyendetsa ndege ku US. Oyendetsa ndege alangizidwa kuti apewe kuphwanya mtsogolo kwamtunduwu.
Kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi Ofesi Yoyang'anira Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP) adapeza kuti kuyambira February 2020 mpaka Disembala 2022, Anthu a ku Ethiopia adayendetsa maulendo apandege ambiri pogwiritsa ntchito nambala ya United Airlines pakati pa Ethiopia ndi Djibouti mkati mwa ndege zoletsedwa ndi FAA kwa ogwira ntchito ku US. Makamaka, imodzi mwa ndege zoletsedwa izi idachitika OACP itatumiza chidziwitso ku Ethiopian Airlines pankhaniyi. Poyendetsa ndegezi, Ethiopian Airlines inaphwanya malamulo a kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake ndikuyendetsa ndege popanda chilolezo cha DOT.
Kafukufuku wodziyimira pawokha wa OACP adapeza kuti kuyambira Ogasiti 2022 mpaka Seputembala 2022, Etihad Airways idayendetsa ndege zingapo pogwiritsa ntchito nambala ya JetBlue Airways pakati pa United Arab Emirates ndi United States, mkati mwa ndege zomwe FAA idasankha kuti ndizoletsedwa kwa oyendetsa ndege aku US. Kuphatikiza apo, ngakhale OACP idadziwitsa Etihad Airways za kuphwanya uku mu Seputembala 2022 ndi Novembala 2022, zidadziwika kuti pakati pa Januware 2023 ndi Epulo 2023, Etihad Airways idapitilira kuyendetsa maulendo angapo owonjezera pansi pa nambala ya JetBlue Airways mumlengalenga womwewo woletsedwa. Mchitidwewu udaphwanya malamulo a utsogoleri wake komanso zoyendetsa ndege popanda chilolezo cha DOT.
