P.M. BRIEFING : FAA Orders DC-10 Engine Checks
The Federal Aviation Administration today ordered a detailed inspection in the fan disks of all DC-10 engines similar to the one investigators believe failed before this summer’s Iowa crash landing that killed 112 people.
FAA Administrator James B. Busey announced the formal inspections before a congressional panel, where he and National Transportation Safety Board Chairman James Kolstad both declared the DC-10 jumbo jet safe.
Busey said that although investigators had not determined what caused the explosive engine failure in the July 19 accident, they believe one possible scenario is the development of a crack in the fan disk “as the result of an internal flaw in the disk material itself.”
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