Korean Air Lines plans to inspect engines used in its entire Boeing 737 fleet by November, a company official said Wednesday. This comes on the heels of an engine failure at US carrier Southwest that involved a fan blade separating from a Boeing 737 engine on Tuesday. Korean Air said about 20-30% of its Boeing 737s use the same type of fan blade as the one on the Southwest jet, and that Korean Air voluntarily plans to run checks on the fan blades on all its 737s by November.<br/>
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A Delta jet that departed Atlanta for London on Wednesday reported smoke coming from one of its engines and returned safely to the airport where firefighters doused the engine with powerful sprays, authorities said. A Delta spokeswoman said that there were 274 passengers and 14 crew members aboard the flight, which experienced an issue with its Number 2 engine before returning to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and being met by emergency crews. An airport spokesman said no one was hurt. Tweeted photographs on social media showed airport firefighting trucks blasting the jet's right wing with billowing white sprays. Airport tweet said "shortly after 6pm, smoke was reported coming from the engine of a departing aircraft. The aircraft immediately returned." In a subsequent tweet, the airport said: "Units hosed down the aircraft's smoking engine. The aircraft is being towed" with passengers back to the concourse. Delta's statement said passengers and crew disembarked safely.<br/>