Southwest ramps up engine inspections after deadly in-flight failure

By James Langford

Published April 18, 2018 2:49pm ET

Southwest ramps up engine inspections after deadly in-flight failure — Southwest Airlines is accelerating its inspection of aircraft engines like the one whose mid-flight failure on Tuesday propelled shrapnel through a passenger jet’s window, leaving a woman dead. The left engine on Flight 1380, which was carrying 144 passengers and five crew members, malfunctioned about 20 minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York […]

Southwest Airlines is accelerating its inspection of aircraft engines like the one whose mid-flight failure on Tuesday propelled shrapnel through a passenger jet’s window, leaving a woman dead.

The left engine on Flight 1380, which was carrying 144 passengers and five crew members, malfunctioned about 20 minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, said National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt.