FAA Orders Immediate Inspections After United Engine Failure
Boeing Backs Suspension of Flying Certain 777 Jets By U.S., Japan
Boeing Move Follows Engine Breaking Apart During United Airlines Flight Saturday
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The Federal Aviation Administration said late Sunday it was ordering immediate inspections of Boeing Co. 777 aircraft equipped with the type of engine that broke apart in the air and scattered debris over a Colorado town over the weekend.
“This will likely mean some airplanes will be removed from service,” FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement.
The move comes as safety investigators in the U.S. are looking into why the Pratt & Whitney-made engine of a Boeing 777-200 jet operated by United Airlines Holdings Inc. failed shortly after the Honolulu-bound flight with 241 people aboard took off Saturday, forcing the plane to return to the airport.
Boeing called for the grounding of 128 of its 777 planes around the world on Sunday as US regulators investigated a United Airlines flight whose engine caught fire and fell apart over a suburban American city.
United Airlines announced Sunday they will be grounding 24 Boeing 777 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000 series engines, the same engine involved in Saturday's incident over the Denver suburb of Broomfield.
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