NTSB releases cause of 2016 jet engine fire at O’Hare

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a probable cause for the engine fire that forced an American Airlines jet to abort takeoff at O’Hare in 2016.

A hearing on Tuesday brought recommendations on how to improve evacuations in an emergency. The National Transportation Safety Board described a chaotic scene where passengers were scrambling to get out while crews in the cockpit and cabin were not communicating with each other. Despite this, the NTSB chairman praised the crews because everybody got off the plane alive.

January 31, 2018
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