FAA orders fan blade inspections after jet engine explosion

By DAVID KOENIG and CLAUDIA LAUER
The Associated PressPHILADELPHIA  — U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane and led to the death of a woman who was blown partway out a window.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement late Wednesday comes nearly a year after the engine’s manufacturer recommended the additional inspections, and a month after European regulators ordered their ai