By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday mentioned it could examine after an engine cowling on a Southwest Airways (NYSE:) Boeing (NYSE:) 737-800 fell off throughout takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap.
Southwest Flight 3695 returned safely to Denver Worldwide airport round 8:15 a.m. native time on Sunday and was towed to the gate. The Boeing plane with 135 passengers and 6 crew members aboard had been headed to William P. Interest Airport in Houston.
Nobody was injured.
Southwest mentioned it was flying passengers on one other aircraft to Houston roughly three hours delayed. Southwest mentioned upkeep groups are reviewing the plane.
The aircraft entered service in June 2015, in line with FAA data. Boeing referred inquiries to Southwest for details about the airline’s airplane and fleet operations.
The airline declined to say when the aircraft’s engine had final had upkeep.
ABS Information aired a video posted on social media platform X of the ripped engine cowl flapping within the wind with a torn Southwest emblem.
Boeing has come beneath intense criticism since a door plug panel tore off a brand new Alaska Airways 737 MAX 9 jet at 16,000 toes on Jan. 5.
Within the aftermath of that incident, the FAA grounded the MAX 9 for a number of weeks, barred Boeing from growing the MAX manufacturing charge and ordered it to develop a complete plan to handle “systemic quality-control points” inside 90 days.
Boeing manufacturing has fallen under the utmost 38 MAX planes per thirty days the FAA is permitting. The Justice Division has opened a legal investigation into the MAX 9 incident.
The 737-800 is an earlier era of the best-selling 737 from the present MAX.
The FAA is investigating a number of different latest Southwest Boeing engine points.
A Southwest 737 flight on Thursday aborted takeoff and taxied again to the gate at Lubbock airport in Texas after the crew reported engine points. The FAA can also be investigating a March 25 Southwest 737 flight that returned to the Austin airport in Texas after the crew reported a attainable engine situation.
A March 22 Southwest 737-800 flight returned to Fort Lauderdale airport after the crew reported an engine situation. It’s also being reviewed by the FAA.