The company that made an engine that caught fire as a British Airways plane was taking off from Las Vegas is inspecting other engines as part of a federal investigation of the incident.
Preliminary findings by the National Transportation Safety Board indicated the September fire started in the spool of the left engine of the London-bound flight.
GE Aviation said Tuesday the spool, which holds blades in the engine, was among the first ever made for that model in 1995.
The company is voluntarily analyzing 38 similar spools that are out of service awaiting maintenance and repairs. Other inspections of working engines are expected.
