Boeing urged by NTSB to redesign 737 NG over 2018 engine blowout
WASHINGTON : The US National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that the Boeing Co. 737 NG be redesigned to prevent a repeat of an incident last year in which the structure in front of the engine came apart in flight, killing a passenger.
More than 7,000 planes could be affected by the recommendation that the inlet to the engines be redesigned to contain parts that come loose in a failure.
The NTSB called on the Federal Aviation Administration to require the repair be installed on new 737 NG aircraft and that it be retrofitted onto the thousands of planes in service.
