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Boeing faces fresh questions about the safety of its aircraft after an engine fire on a transatlantic flight from Edinburgh caused an emergency landing soon after takeoff.

Flames were seen by passengers briefly shooting from the engine of a Delta Air Lines 767 soon after it took off for New York in February last year, after a turbine blade broke off during takeoff.

The flames subsided while the plane was airborne but it made an emergency landing at Prestwick airport south of Glasgow, where ground crew noticed fuel leaking from the plane’s right wing.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch, the UK government agency that investigates aviation safety, has written to the Federal Aviation Administration in the US asking it to take action with Boeing, which has its headquarters in Virginia.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Boeing doesn't make engines.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They technical don't make airframes or doors either (and still don't until their buyout of their supplier goes through).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's funnier than that. Spirit was Boeing. Before dipshit Jack Welch copycats spun it off. Now they're buying it back.

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