Two recent plane emergencies in the region are drawing attention to a common factor — the engines in both aircraft were made by the same manufacturer, and both were subject to a recent FAA safety warning — as federal officials move to address a potential safety concern.
Within days of each other, two small aircraft experienced trouble mid-flight. One made an emergency landing on Interstate 78 in Lehigh County on April 4 while the other crashed in a field after hitting a tree in Northeast Philadelphia on April 1, injuring two people.
“We’re having a little engine problem,” the pilot said in a radio transmission in the Northeast Philadelphia incident…