WASHINGTON: United Airlines announced Tuesday that chairman and chief executive Jeff Smisek and two other top officials had stepped down in connection with a federal investigation involving the regional airport authority.

Smisek was replaced "immediately" by board director and CSX chief operating officer Oscar Munoz, the airline's parent United Continental Holdings said.

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