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 and can lift like a helicopter and tilt the engine housing to achieve speed like a plane. but it has a controversial history of problems. march, 2022. four marines died in a training flight in norway the marine corps says pilot error caused the crash. june 2022 five more marines died when their osprey went down in california. investigators say the result of a catastrophic mechanical failure. still, he says the osprey is an extremely useful, life saving
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 i m quoting here, one engine was shut down which is normal procedure under these circumstances. however, all of our aircraft are designed to safely operate effectively on one engine if necessary. we should mention that spirit airlines has a very clean safety record. no real major incidents to report. those people certainly grateful, jenna. jenna: absolutely. casey, thank you. reporter: yeah. jon: well, as the focus shifts from the shutdown standoff, the white house now facing some serious questions about the
Chaos captured on cell phone video. when is it not these days? casey stiegel has a look. he is live in dallas. what happened, casey? reporter: ntsb call this uncontained engine failure. that is far more dangerous. that is when pieces of the actual engine come out of the engine housing, in other words debris is flying around. take a look at this video shot by a passenger on board and you can see the cabin filled with smoke. after hearing two explosions, some passengers say they witness ad fireball fly past the windows. can you imagine. this all happening on spirit airlines flight 1656789 an airbus a-319 with more than 140 people on board. it had just taken off from dfw airport on tuesday heading to atlanta. the man recorded the video on cell phone. the plane was shaking so violently. it was difficult for for him to type what he thought was the very last text message to his