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AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:

When a jetliner’s engine explodes moments before take off, people ask questions. Now, less than a week after that very thing happened [jalopnik.com] to a British Airways 777, answers are starting to emerge—and they’re scary.

Turns out the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned both Boeing and General Electric [thedailybeast.com], the 777’s engine-maker, about a flaw in the plane’s engine design that could result in the very catastrophe that took place last week at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas.

What’s worse is that the safety warning was issued over four years ago [documentcloud.org]. Then again, Boeing doesn’t have a super great track record [gizmodo.com] when it comes to using defective parts on planes full of people.

http://gizmodo.com/the-faa-warned-boeing-about-the-flaw-that-caused-a-777-1730504726 [gizmodo.com]

[Source]: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/14/exclusive-boeing-and-ge-warned-about-airplane-engine-that-exploded.html [thedailybeast.com]

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