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A Boeing plane has experienced an emergency issue once again, continuing to damage the aircraft manufacturer's reputation. This time, it was Southwest Airlines Flight 3695, a Boeing 737-800. The plane took off from Denver International Airport early on Sunday morning and were heading towards their destination in Houston before returning just 25 minutes later. They reached an altitude of about 10,000 feet before the pilot received multiple reports from passengers and flight attendants of a loud 'bang' noise that had come from the wing. After taking a look, they determined that the engine cowling, the protective metal cover around the engine, had fallen off and smashed into the plane's wing flap. The pilots immediately turned the plane around and landed back in Denver, where it was towed to the gate for inspection. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched an investigation into the incident, which is going to pile up along with the investigation into the failure of a door plug on a Boeing flight earlier this year. Multiple passengers are also suing Boeing due to the fact that they were almost sucked out of the plane, meaning that the company has some real issues to face in the coming future.
Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): There are five countries in the world that don't have airports, and they are all in Europe: San Marino, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra, and Vatican City.
Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill)
Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Fatuous (adj)- To describe something, such as an idea or remark, as fatuous is to say that it is foolish or silly rather than sensible or logical.
In a Sentence: Our hopes for an apology and a reasonable explanation for the error were met with fatuous platitudes.
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