A fan blade on a jet engine snapped off a Southwest Airlines Co. plane last month in a violent failure that sent debris slamming into the plane, according to a preliminary investigative report ...

DALLAS — The Federal Aviation Administration is calling for more frequent, ongoing inspections of tens of thousands of engine fan blades in airline fleets across the U.S. to check for “unsafe ...

WASHINGTON – The Southwest Airlines engine that failed last month allowed debris to puncture the Boeing 737-700’s engine casing and fuselage, according to federal investigators. A 5-inch by 16-inch ...

The 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is transforming the way companies in many industries are manufacturing their products, and the aerospace industry is no exception. For example, aircraft ...

A fan blade on a jet engine snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane last month in a violent failure that sent debris slamming into the plane, according to a preliminary investigative report released ...

Investigators don’t yet know what caused the engine failure that forced Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 to an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday, but it has similarities to an incident with ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The engine explosion aboard a Southwest Airlines jetliner puts new pressure on airlines and regulators to act faster to inspect the fan blades that may have snapped off and triggered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive Tuesday night, ordering U.S. airlines to inspect ...

The fan blade that broke on a United Airlines plane over suburban Denver last month failed well before it was required to receive its next routine inspection, investigators said Friday. The blade that ...

NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt said Monday that damage to a fan blade in a Pratt & Whitney engine that failed in a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 is consistent with metal fatigue, according to a ...

An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over the Denver metro area in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that was not adequately inspected for signs of cracking, federal investigators ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially ...