{"id":3010,"date":"2018-11-14T07:19:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T13:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2018-11-14T07:19:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T13:19:26","slug":"us-safety-board-hearing-on-southwest-engine-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3010","title":{"rendered":"US Safety Board Hearing On Southwest Engine Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nov 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is set to hold an investigative hearing on Wednesday about a midair incident in April during which an engine on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 exploded over Pennsylvania, killing one passenger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dallas-based Southwest has been under intense scrutiny in the months since an engine on a flight headed from New York to Dallas blew apart, shattering a plane window, flinging shrapnel and killing passenger Jennifer Riordan, one of 149 people aboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

The episode, which has raised concerns about the safety of similar engines, was the first fatality on a U.S. commercial passenger airline since 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

The all-day hearing in Washington will focus on the fan blade design and development history of the engine type that failed, a CFM56-7B made by CFM International, a transatlantic joint-venture between General Electric Co and France’s Safran SA, the NTSB said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hearing will also focus on engine fan blade inspection methods and engine fan blade containment design and certification criteria, the NTSB said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Representatives from Chicago-based planemaker Boeing, CFM, and Southwest Airlines are due at the hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hearing comes as Indonesian authorities investigate last month’s deadly Lion Air crash involving a newer version of Boeing’s best-selling single-aisle aircraft, the 737 MAX.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image from\u00a0www.boeing.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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