Safety vs Profit: The Pursuit of a Fatter Bottom Line Claims Another Life

On April 17th, 2018, as Southwest Flight 1380 flew over Pennsylvania, a fan blade shattered in one of the Boeing 737’s engines. The resulting uncontained engine failure flung shrapnel into the aircraft’s fuselage, destroying a window and claiming the life of passenger Jennifer Riordan. Jet engines on commercial aircraft are built to contain malfunctions within […]

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