“I’ve passed helicopters underneath me over the east bank of the Potomac a lot of times,” said Cox, who flew commercial airliners for 25 years.
Military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry
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“This is a case of an unintended consequence of a new and innovative safety idea where if the fan gets unbalanced that this is a way to alleviate the load and thereby doing less damage to the engine, the engine pylon, all of that,” said aviation safety expert John Cox, who is CEO of the Safety Operating Systems consulting firm.
Safety board urges fix on Boeing plane engines to prevent smoke from filling cabin after bird strike
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