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FAA broadens CFM56 inspection requirements with new AD
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) requiring inspections of more CFM International CFM56-7B engines, including ongoing inspections. (www.flightglobal.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
What about the new nacelle inlets totally separating on both of the Southwest uncontained events? I've seen many of the hamster mouth inlets survive fan blade separations without disappearing--will this be looked at?
Just a matter of time till they include other dash numbers
It was a CONTAINED failure. Nacelle shearing is not an uncontained failure.
My mistake; apologies. Any thoughts about the new-design nacelle shearing?
I think it is a good thing that they were not over top a crowd of people when it landed in the field!
I knew they were going to act swiftly, but wow.. this is incredible... Glad they got it out.
Not sure how long such an inspection would take, but if you do the math - it comes out to over 16 aircraft per day that have to be inspected within the 113-day time frame