Directive Targets CFM56 Engines

Southwest Airlines and Continental Airlines are retrofitting CFM56-7B engines with new starter gear shafts following an FAA airworthiness directive mandating replacement of those components by Sept. 1. The agency issued the directive on July 2 after two 737-700s operated by Transaero Airlines in...

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