US: FAA’s latest engine inspection order is based on age of fan blades
Thousands of additional engines will have to be inspected for fan-blade cracks in an order prompted by the April 17 engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight that resulted in the death of a woman who was partially sucked out of a window. The FAA Tuesday published a directive ordering US airlines operating the CFM56-7B engine to conduct a round of inspections on fan blades that have made at least 20,000 flights. An emergency inspection order issued April 20 had focused on engines with 30,000 or more flights. The order was an attempt to prevent additional failures on one of the most popular jet turbines in the world. Fan-blade cracks are “likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design,” the FAA said in the order. <br/>
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US: FAA’s latest engine inspection order is based on age of fan blades
Thousands of additional engines will have to be inspected for fan-blade cracks in an order prompted by the April 17 engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight that resulted in the death of a woman who was partially sucked out of a window. The FAA Tuesday published a directive ordering US airlines operating the CFM56-7B engine to conduct a round of inspections on fan blades that have made at least 20,000 flights. An emergency inspection order issued April 20 had focused on engines with 30,000 or more flights. The order was an attempt to prevent additional failures on one of the most popular jet turbines in the world. Fan-blade cracks are “likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design,” the FAA said in the order. <br/>
