Regulators speed checks on 737 engines tied to Southwest death
Air-safety regulators have ordered more-intensive checks on engines that power thousands of older Boeing 737 planes after an exploding turbine on a Southwest Airlines flight caused the death of a passenger earlier this year. EASA starting Oct 5 will require CFM56 engines to undergo inspections every 1,600 flight cycles, down from 3,000. The US FAA Monday issued a matching order that takes effect Oct 16. The ruling comes after a woman was killed on a Southwest Airlines flight in April after being partly sucked through a window that had been smashed by a metal fan blade ejected from an engine mid-flight. Southwest earlier cut the inspection interval for its older engines to the 1,600 cycle interval. The directives apply to an earlier generation of Boeing 737 jets that are equipped with the CFM56 engine. <br/>
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Regulators speed checks on 737 engines tied to Southwest death
Air-safety regulators have ordered more-intensive checks on engines that power thousands of older Boeing 737 planes after an exploding turbine on a Southwest Airlines flight caused the death of a passenger earlier this year. EASA starting Oct 5 will require CFM56 engines to undergo inspections every 1,600 flight cycles, down from 3,000. The US FAA Monday issued a matching order that takes effect Oct 16. The ruling comes after a woman was killed on a Southwest Airlines flight in April after being partly sucked through a window that had been smashed by a metal fan blade ejected from an engine mid-flight. Southwest earlier cut the inspection interval for its older engines to the 1,600 cycle interval. The directives apply to an earlier generation of Boeing 737 jets that are equipped with the CFM56 engine. <br/>
