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166 onboard the airbus a320. >> we can see that metal had been ripped off of the engine. >> frontier 260, i think we got something wrong with one of our engines. >> reporter: and it wasn't just passengers who saw the damage. >> someone at the airport said that you're -- they just told us now your second engine cowling appears open or something like that. >> okay. we need to declare an emergency back to the airport. >> reporter: it was the engine covering, it's called a cowling, that had been shredded, exposing the actual engine, which can still operate. but the turn back to las vegas couldn't ...

Engine fan blade broke off. microscopic wear and tear on the fan blade. the agency had been working to collect parts that came off the plane in flight like these pieces of the engine cowling. we learned that the engine manufacturer recommended ultra sonic inspections of certain fan blades in a 12-month period. that's after an engine failed two years ago on a southwest flight. you can compare the damage here. southwest pushed back on the inspections saying they needed more time to do them. the faa has not made the inspections mandatory but said they will in the next two weeks. it's not yet know...

hate. the tsa and ticket fees. add them together. >> what is it that's prompting them to ask for more? >> reporter: the agency backed by democrats in the senate wants to increase the security fee everyone pays for the ticket. from $2.50 a flight to $5 per one-way ticket. $10 round trip. >> 10's pushing it to a limit. i guess it's only $5 more but i wonder, you know, how that fits in. they already have a budget. >> reporter: tsa's budget is set to be cut. the agency says boosting this fee would help cover the increasing price of security like the costly scanners. the fee hasn't been h...

want to begin with this afternoon's scary situation on board this air liner and i am sure it was equally frightening for drivers on the ground who say parts of the plane were hitting cars. we can tell you the jet landed safely. i want to bring in lizzie o'leary, our aviation spore kond ent. what do we know? what happened? >> we can take it from sort of two sides. what was happening on the ground, those parts of the plane, potentially the debris field and what was happening in the air. there you see pictures from our affiliate cb-24 in canada, pieces of did he pree they say fell from ...

This is the engine cowling. it will be used as a water feature and a fire pit outside. and you can see this here. so we found that there is tremendous purpose in reusing these airplane parts. >> versus anybody do this before? >> no, i hadn't. i always loved the beauty and technology of airplanes and imagined a floating roof as a house and this became a perfect opportunity to use it. >> a couple of questions for you. first of all, where did you find the plane? i didn't know you could buy plane parts. and how did you get it up into the hills of malibu? >> it's a fascinating story. there are actu...