Airlines start inspecting engines after Southwest engine failure causes passenger's death [View all]
Source: LA Times
At least two U.S. airlines announced new inspections of engines on some of their Boeing 737 jets after federal safety officials said the engine on a Southwest Airlines flight that failed Tuesday had signs of metal weakness.
United Airlines and Southwest each said Wednesday that certain engines developed by CFM International would undergo the inspections. CFM developed the engine that blew open on the Southwest flight, leading to the death of a passenger and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
The engine failure sent shrapnel into the fuselage of the plane, which was flying from New York to Dallas carrying 144 passengers and five crew members. Jennifer Riordan, a bank executive and mother of two from New Mexico, was sucked partway out of a broken window. She is the first passenger to be killed in a U.S. airline accident since 2009.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators found indications of metal fatigue, an area of weakness caused by repeated bending, where a fan blade on the engine was missing, NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt said in a briefing Tuesday night.
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