Inspectors found a gouge on the damaged fuselage, the NTSB said Thursday. It was apparently a fragment of the engine cowling, not a fan blade, that struck the window of Southwest Flight 1380, ...

Four incidents within the last two years of operators experiencing separation of engine fan cowls have prompted the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue four safety recommendations ...

The National Transportation Safety Board is issuing seven safety recommendations based on their investigation into an April 2018 Southwest Airlines flight where a 43-year-old woman was killed when an ...

Following an unusual fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines 737 jet in which an engine inlet cowling was torn off by an engine explosion, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun a safety ...

Europe will account for 23% of new engine deliveries over the next decade, and these deliveries will outpace retirements, which will peak in the region at 600 in 2025, according to Aviation Week ...

An incident in which a Qantas Boeing 787 completed a transpacific flight with its engine fan cowl static ports covered with tape highlights the importance of specific instructions that cover ...

The US FAA wants operators of Airbus A319 and Bombardier CRJ100/200 aircraft to develop type-specific training programmes to help mechanics and pilots verify that engine-fan cowls are properly latched ...

May 4 (UPI) --Federal investigators say broken fragments of an engine cowling, not a fan blade, broke a window on a deadly Southwest Airlines flight last month. The National Transportation Safety ...

SEATTLE — For an airline passenger looking out the window of a jet, it’s alarming to see the metal cover in the midsection of the engine pod flapping open, shredding like thin paper, then ripping off ...

NTSB investigators examine damage to the CFM International 56-7B turbofan engine on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 that separated during flight last month. Investigators can't explain with certainty ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing needs to make the engine covers on its 737 NGs more robust to ensure errant parts don't escape and damage the plane, as happened during a fatal ...