NTSB urges quick fix on Boeing plane engines to prevent smoke from filling cabin after a bird strike

Safety experts recommend that the engines on Boeing’s troubled 737 Max airplanes be modified quickly to prevent smoke from filling the cockpit or cabin after a safety feature is activated following a bird strike. The problem the National Transportation Safety Board detailed Wednesday emerged after two bird strikes involving Southwest Airlines planes in 2023 — one in Havana, Cuba, and another in New Orleans. But the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing already warned airlines and pilots about the problem and the engine maker has been working on a fix. This could also be an issue inside the engines of some Airbus and Chinese planes, so the NTSB urged regulators in Europe and China to look at that.