A preliminary NTSB inspection of the engine found that one of the 24 fan blades had broken in two pieces. The engine also suffered damage to its casing, parts of which were found about 75 miles ...

Investigators in the engine failure aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 are focusing on a broken metal fan that could signal a need for more inspections on the wear and tear of planes.

WASHINGTON – Two pieces of a broken fan blade were found inside the engine of a Southwest Airlines jet, but other pieces dislodged the cowling that damaged the wing and fuselage of the Boeing ...

The NTSB said investigators recovered pieces of the broken engine fan blade — fan blade #13 — suspected of triggering the accident after breaking off due to "metal fatigue." ...

The fan blade that broke on a United Airlines plane over suburban Denver last month failed well before it was required to receive its next routine inspection, investigators said Friday.. The blade ...

DALLAS – Investigators say that an engine fan blade on a Southwest Airlines jet broke off and the stub of the blade showed signs of metal fatigue. The plane made a safe emergency landing last ...

Investigators say failure of an engine fan blade caused a United Airlines jet to lose power in one of its two engines over the Pacific last month. The National Transportation ...

A fan blade on a jet engine snapped off a Southwest Airlines Co. plane last month in a violent failure that sent debris slamming into the plane, according to a preliminary investigative report ...

The fan blade that separated from the engine of the fatal Southwest 1380 flight broke in two separate places, said Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.

A broken fan blade that led to engine failure, followed by the pilots’ shutoff of the other engine, led to the fatal crash of a Bombardier E-11A communications aircraft in Afghanistan last ...