PARIS, April 18 — France’s BEA accident investigation agency is sending a team of experts to assist a US investigation into a fatal engine blowout on a Boeing 737 jet flown by Southwest Airlines, said a spokesman for the BEA.

The engine was built by CFM International, a French-US joint-venture between GE and France’s Safran.

A traveller checks her baggage at the Southwest Airlines terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles January 24, 2017. — Reuters pic
A traveller checks her baggage at the Southwest Airlines terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles January 24, 2017. — Reuters pic

Safran, whose shares edged down 0.1 per cent on Wed nesday, is also dispatching technical advisers after yesterday’s accident in which one passenger died, added the BEA spokesman.

The engine on that Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air on Tuesday, killing one passenger, according to airline and federal authorities and witness and media accounts. — Reuters

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