NTSB: Fatigue crack led to 2015 British Airways engine fire
A fatigue crack in a turbine disk web and subsequent uncontained engine failure led to the Sept. 8, 2015 engine fire on a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777-236ER on takeoff from Las Vegas, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said June 20. The captain aborted the takeoff seconds after...
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