Airlines are inspecting Boeing 737 planes after an engine on a passenger flight ripped apart mid-air and killed a woman who came close to being sucked through a broken window.
Jennifer Riordan, 43, was on a Southwest Airline flight from New York to Dallas when a part of the engine shattered into the window and nearly pulled her out.
Mrs Riordan, a banking executive, was hauled back into the aircraft by other passengers who attempted to resuscitate her but she later died of her injuries.
Robert Sumwalt, the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said an initial inspection of the failed engine found evidence of metal fatigue where a fan blade had broken off.
Mr Sumwalt said investigators were «very concerned» about the issue of detecting slow-developing metal fatigue. «There needs to be proper inspection mechanisms in place to check for this before there’s a catastrophic event»…
