The engine had about 40,000 takeoff and landing cycles in its lifetime, but just 10,000 since it’s last overhaul and its fan blades were planned to be inspected by the end of 2018, Southwest said.

The investigation is expected to take 12 to 15 months. In the meantime, U.S. airline regulators say they'll order inspections on engine fan blades like the one involved in Tuesday's fatal failure.

FAA proposed ultrasonic inspections of engine blades In August 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration proposed a rule that would require airlines to use ultrasound to inspect fan blades of ...

That engine was made by CFM International, a joint venture of GE and France’s Safran SA. GE spokesman Rick Kennedy said about 150,000 blades were inspected after the Southwest accident. The ...

Southwest Airlines will launch an internal system to track all of its engine fan blades by serial number, following the inflight failure of a CFM56 engine in April.

A preliminary look at the damaged CFM International 56-7B turbofan engine revealed one of 24 fan blades was missing, Sumwalt told reporters Tuesday. The engine’s cowling was found about 70 miles ...

CFM's new blades, which can be installed on all CFM56-5B and -7B versions, include increased wall thickness and an optimized dovetail design to minimize stress.

Southwest is conducting an inspection of all of its more than 710 CFM56-powered Boeing 737s. The CFM56 is the most popular jet engine in history and is also considered one of the safest by ...

A passenger was partially sucked out a window that shattered when an engine on Southwest Flight 1380 exploded Tuesday. Investigators believe one of the jet engine’s blades broke and came loose ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday ordered inspections of the type of engine that exploded Tuesday on Southwest Airlines flight 1380. The FAA said it will issue an Airworthiness ...

In August 2016, Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 also suffered an uncontained failure of its left engine. Both engines are CFM56 turbofans and failed when one of its fan blades snapped off mid-flight.