The FAA and Easa require inspections of Boeing 737The authorities respond to the deadly incident at Southwest Airlines: hundreds of engines now need to be additional inspections are subjected to. In the case of the emergency landing of a Southwest machine in Philadelphia after an engine explosion a Person died. Now the US authority is asking the FAA and the European counterpart Easa ultrasonic inspections on engines of type. In order to respond to the incident on Southwest flight WN1380 last Tuesday. Checked engines, which have a certain number of take-offs and landings on the hump. Worldwide, around 6700 Boeing 737 with the engines of the type CM56-7B are, according to the manufacturer's CFM. Additional inspections according to FAA, approximately 700 engines needed. The rotor blades of the affected engines have to be in the next 20 days, an ultrasound test undergone. Not with the eyes visibleAs the head of the US transport safety authority NTSB said, and pointed to the first findings to suggest that a fatigue has confessed to breaking one of the rotor blades at the origin of the engine explosion. The affected area is in the optical inspection not visible from the outside. Rotor blades, which do not meet the requirements of ultrasonic inspection, must be replaced according to the FAA immediately.
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