![]() ![]() The airline is among Boeing’s top 737 Max customers it has 34 Max in storage and 260 additional jets on order with Boeing. Southwest executives have in recent years expressed interest in the idea of branching out beyond operating only 737s, a discussion that gained traction following the 737 Max grounding, which hit Southwest particularly hard. Southwest may tap Airbus to replace its Boeing 737-700 fleet Airline Business special: CEOs to watch in 2021.FlightGlobal Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2021.EDGE: A new global force in aerospace and defence.Shell Aviation: What will it take to Decarbonise Aviation?.What does the future of aviation look like in 2022?.Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2022.What will it take to Decarbonise Aviation?.Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2023.Airline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker. ![]() Johnson said he and his clients are awaiting the final report before they continue with the litigation. The NTSB released a preliminary report in May. Later Sumwalt said the cowling for the engine was found about 70 miles from where the plane landed. “There are various iterations of that (engine) and so I can’t say exactly what that airworthiness directive might have applied to at this point, but that will be part of our investigation,” he said. Last year the FAA issued an airworthiness directive on the CFM56-7B version that would have required inspection of the fan blades. Sumwalt said part of the inquiry will look at the CFM International 56 turbofan engine. The flight data recorder showed the plane was at 32,500 feet when the engine failed. Investigators from the board later found that one of 24 fan blades was missing from the engine that failed, NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt said. Eight other passengers were injured, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. It was Southwest’s first passenger death and the first death on a US airline in more than nine years. Riordan was pulled back into the plane but died at a hospital in Philadelphia. Pilot: What happened on that Southwest flight Debris from the engine broke a window, causing a woman, Jennifer Riordan, to almost get sucked out of the plane. The jet’s engine failed April 17 about 20 minutes into the flight from New York to Dallas. He said expects more of the 144 passengers from the flight to also file lawsuits.Īnother passenger, Lilia Chavez, filed a lawsuit in April, days after the incident, also claiming personal injuries. Johnson said he doesn’t have a problem with how Southwest handled the incident after the fact, “The problem is that the accident should have never occurred.” Southwest gave all 144 passengers $5,000, a $1,000 credit toward Southwest airfare, as well as transportation to their final destination after the incident in Philadelphia, Southwest confirmed to CNN. US, European aviation authorities order inspections The National Transportation Safety Board is onsite inspecting a Southwest airline plane after engine failure caused the plane to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport. ![]()
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