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By Bill Galluccio Feb 23, 2021 NTSB Chairman  Robert Sumwalt explained that the metal fatigue caused one of the fan blades on the planes right engine to break off and hit another blade in the engine. Investigators have taken the fan blade to a lab where they will inspect it and try to determine how long it was damaged before it failed. Boeing announced that it was grounding all airplanes that were equipped with the Pratt & Whitney 4000 engine. That impacts 69 jets that are currently in ser...

There have been several incidents in the past few years of issues relating to the Pratt & Whitney engine.

(Photo : Mario Tama) A United Airlines plane takes off above American Airlines planes on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on October 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The bursting of an airplane engine, just like the United Airlines Flight 328, is not the first time in history, leaving questions as to why these anomalies keep on happening. Fortunately, the incident that led the recent flight of United Airlines to Denvers emergency land did not involve any casualties. NB...

There have been several incidents in the past few years of issues relating to the Pratt & Whitney engine.

PICTURED - The broken fan blade that caused the Denver air explosion: Engine piece snapped off mid-flight because of wear and tear, sparked fire and fell onto soccer field, investigators say Investigators believe a damaged fan blade broke off the Boeing 777 engine, chipping off part of a second one A preliminary on-scene exam indicates damage consistent with metal fatigue, NTSBs Robert Sumwalt said  Pictures of the aircraft in a hangar at Denver Airport yesterday show the damage to the engine ...

There have been several incidents in the past few years of issues relating to the Pratt & Whitney engine.

A United Airlines flight made an emergency in Denver after its engine caught fire shortly after taking off.

There have been several incidents in the past few years of issues relating to the Pratt & Whitney engine.

There have been several incidents in the past few years of issues relating to the Pratt & Whitney engine.

There have been several incidents in the past few years of issues relating to the Pratt & Whitney engine.