Failure on Delta JT8D concerns Safety Board

A DELTA AIR LINES Boeing 727 suffered engine surge followed by the uncontained turbine failure of one of its three Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A engines during a climb from New York's LaGuardia Airport, on 14 August, says the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

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