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NTSB conducted 2016 probe of same engine model as Southwest incident
The National Transportation Safety Board said in a tweet it was sending a team to investigate. The NTSB investigates the most serious engine failures and conducted a probe of a similar Southwest incident in 2016 involving the same type of engine. In that incident, a fan blade snapped off a Southwest 737-700 engine mid-flight (www.mysanantonio.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Good information all! YES! PLEASE, no fake new; just facts please.... Taterhed1, thanks for the SMOH data as well.
Is it true that most of the airlines have the maintenance on planes done across the pond because labor and parts are cheaper? Maybe El Salvador??
Actually, no, that’s not true. Of course there are shops all over the world because there are aircraft all over the world, few industries are more regulated. US airlines are required to control their maintenance. Btw, El Salvador is not “across the pond”, unless you are in Europe,
The article that I read at an earlier date that I was unable to remember the facts. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/Southwest-Airlines-Will-Send-Planes-to-El-Salvador-For-Maintanence.html
Thanks and I didn't mean to imply that El Salvador was across the pond...I should have put "OR" in there. I did not remember the exact place in the article.
If one blade comes off it creates an imbalance which results in catastrophic failure within seconds. The engine literally vibrates itself to pieces. I invite you to look at the pictures of the engine...does it look like just one blade has fallen off?
The majority of the reporting says one blade in the fan disk was missing, but that seems like a lot of damage to the shroud for one blade. I wonder if something back in the compressor sections didn't start the whole thing...