Southwest Grounds Planes to Check For Engine Problems

By Texas Standard

Published April 23, 2018 at 2:40 PM CDT

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The National Transportation Safety Board investigation of last week’s accident that killed a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight is focused on engine fan blades. A fan blade with metal fatigue was found to be the cause of a 2016 incident, also involving a Southwest 737.