The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans a public hearing in November on the uncontained engine failure that killed one passenger on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737.
The NTSB said Tuesday that the Nov. 14 hearing on the April 17, 2018, accident on Southwest Flight 1380 will focus on three things:
- The design and development history of the CFM International CFM56-7 series engine fan blade;
- Inspection methods and procedures for the CFM International CFM56-7 series engine fan blade; and,
- Engine fan blade containment design and certification criteria.
“The hearing will be an important part of determining why this tragedy occurred and will provide investigators important factual data regarding the engine fan blade and engine inlet design and certification,” said John DeLisi, director of the NTSB Office of Aviation Safety.
The accident followed the failure of a fan blade, which caused fragments of the engine cowling…
