Engine checks ordered in US, EU

Airline regulators on both sides of the Atlantic issued emergency orders to inspect 680 plane engines similar to the one that failed on a deadly Southwest Airlines flight to Dallas last week, Reuters reports. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency said all CFM56-7B engines that are at least 20 years old and manufactured by CFM International need to be inspected within 20 days. The order cited concerns that another similar engine failed in 2016. The Dallas-bound plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after debris from the engine blew out one of its windows, injuring a passenger who later died, the Wall Street Journal reports. The fatality was the first U.S. air passenger death since 2009. Southwest issued $5,000 checks and $1,000 travel vouchers to passengers who were aboard the flight last week. CFM International produces the CFM56 engine in factories based in the U.S. and Europe for both markets, Reuters reports.