Sentences with phrase «complete ultrasonic inspections»

Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said the airline planned to complete ultrasonic inspections on all fan blades on the some 700 planes in its fleet with the CFM56 - 7B engines over the next two weeks, meeting the FAA's August deadline by mid-May.

Southwest has said it planned to complete ultrasonic inspections on all fan blades on the some 700 planes in its fleet with the CFM56 - 7B engines, the model involved in last month's blowout, over the next two weeks, meeting the FAA's August deadline by mid-May.