Engine Housing News Today

Boeing is asking federal regulators to exempt a new model of its 737 Max airliner from a safety standard designed to prevent part of the engine housing from overheating and breaking off during flight. Federal officials said last year that Boeing was working to fix the hazard on current Max planes. Without a fix ready, Boeing asked the Federal Aviation Administration last month for an exemption to safety standards related to engine inlets and the anti-ice system through May 2026.

>> reporter: the marine corps is saying 23 personnel were being transported participating in exercise predators run, a multi-national military training involving more than 2,000 troops from five countries. this is a former accident investigator for the navy and marines. >> this is a very unique aircraft and does have a higher accident rate than other types of aircraft used by the military for that very reason >> reporter: the tilt rotor osprey is a widely used support aircraft in the marine car ...

>> reporter: fireballs blowing past their windows. that plane circled and landed back at dfw safely, no injuries. the ntsb says that the aircraft suffered what is known as an uncontained engine failure. that is especially dangerous because it is when pieces of the engine fly out of the engine housing itself and that can easily damage the fuselage because you have flying debris. a spokesperson for the discount carrier saying in a statement to fox news, and im quoting here, one engine was shut dow...