Federal Aviation Administration News
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Southwest Airlines sought more time for engine inspectionsSouthwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an engine failure that left a passenger dead
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Southwest Airlines sought more time for engine inspectionsSouthwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an engine failure that left a passenger dead
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FAA to order new engine inspections after fatal Southwest accidentIn the next two weeks, the Federal Aviation Administration will order the inspection of at least 220 Boeing 737 engines following a deadly engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday. The FAA will determine precisely which engines, and their fan blades, need to be inspected before the
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The Latest: Southwest sought more time to inspect engines
A Texas firefighter on the Southwest Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia says his wife gave him the OK to aid a woman who had been partially blown through a damaged window
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The Latest: Southwest pilots: 'Our hearts are heavy'The two pilots of a Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia say their 'hearts are heavy'
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Regulators to require inspections after jet engine explosion
Federal airline regulators say they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one involved in fatal failure that killed a woman in a plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia
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Southwest passenger 'did what any registered nurse would do' in attempt to save woman who later died
A retired nurse was among those on a Southwest Airlines flight who tried in vain to help save an injured passenger when the plane's engine exploded in midair Tuesday. "I did what any registered nurse would do,” Peggy Phillips said in an interview this morning on ABC News' " Good Morning America "
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What we know about the bank VP who died after Southwest Airlines engine failureJennifer Riordan, a bank executive, community leader and mother of two, died Tuesday when her Southwest Airlines flight blew an engine in midair and its debris smashed a cabin window. Riordan of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was among 144 passengers and five crew members on board when the Boeing 737
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Jet with engine, window damage makes emergency landingA Southwest Airlines plane has made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport, and video from the scene appears to show a damaged engine