FAA orders emergency inspections of engines after fatal Southwest flight

NTSB / Reuters Europe orders emergency inspections of the type of engine that malfunctioned on a Southwest Airlines flight this week. Planes with the CFM56-7B engine must be inspected i.....»»

Regulators in the U.S. and Europe followed a recommendation made on Friday by the manufacturer of the engine involved in a fatal explosion on a Southwest flight this week, which orders airlines to inspect engines immediately......»»

The Federal Aviation Administration is speeding up a mandate that airlines inspect aging engines like the one that blew up mid air on a Southwest flight on Tuesday......»»

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will order inspections on engines like the one involved in the explosion on a Southwest Airlines flight that killed a passenger earlier this week. The FAA said on Wednesday that the directive -- .....»»

Air carriers servicing Hawaii have been largely unaffected by the Federal Aviations Administration’s recent call for emergency inspections after a fatal engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines flight last week.  The CFM56-7B engine, manufactur.....»»

Southwest Airlines should have moved quickly to address possible safety concerns tied to CFM engines as soon as the manufacturer, CFM International, recommended last June that airlines do ultrasonic fan blades inspections on CFM engines attached to hundr.....»»

NTSB/Reuters The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to inspect certain older CFM56-7B turbofan engines. A CFM56-7B failed on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 on Tuesday, forcing the flight to make an emergency landing.  The FAA.....»»

U.S. aviation regulators in the wake of this week’s fatal Southwest Airlines accident imposed emergency inspection requirements for jet engines that power many Boeing 737 jetliners around the world......»»

U.S. aviation regulators ordered emergency insp.....»»

Two days after a woman died and seven people were injured aboard Southwest Airlines flight 1380, the FAA has ordered inspections of fan blades on all CFM56-7B engines of the sa.....»»

The Federal Aviation Administration said it's issuing a new airworthiness directive, or AD, in response to the engine failure that occurred on the fatal Southwest Flight 1380 two weeks ago. "We are issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition o.....»»

A United flight from Denver to Honolulu made an emergency landing shortly afte.....»»

Amanda Bourman/AP Southwest Airlines canceled roughly 40 flights on Sunday as its planes' engines are inspected us.....»»

Southwest Airlines had cancelled some flights into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and others around the country Sunday after it began conducting emergency inspections of its plane's engines. The inspections were the result of an engine explo.....»»

The European Aviation Safety Agency has tightened a nearly month-old directive ordering inspections of some fan blades in engines like those used on a Southwest Airlines jet involved in a fatal accident......»»

The Latest on the plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 4:47 p.m......»»

The manufacturer of the jet engine that blew apart at 32,000 feet in a deadly accident aboard a Southwest Airlines flight wants more jets to be inspected for potential problems......»»

FAA issues 'emergency' order for airlines to inspect fan blades on engine type that exploded on Southwest flight|| 105136633.....»»

WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - European and U.S. airline regulators on Friday ordered mandatory inspections within 20 days of aircraft engines similar to one involved in a fatal Southwest Airlines accident earlier this week......»»

U.S. aviation regulators are planning to re.....»»