The Transport Ministry took the rare move of imposing administrative measures against All Nippon Airways Co. over the carrier's violation of its own maintenance regulations, ministry officials announced Friday.
This is the first time the ministry has taken administrative action against a major airline for misconduct that did not result in an accident.
Based on the results of its Nov. 6-16 inspection, the ministry issued an order for Japan's second-largest carrier to raise employee awareness of its maintenance rules and improve its aircraft maintenance system.