Boeing Recommends Airlines Ground 777s Powered by PW4000-112 Engines
(22 Feb 2021) Boeing has recommended airlines suspend operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage 777 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines.
The advice comes after United Airlines flight UA328 (reg: N772UA) had to make an emergency landing at Denver Int. Airport on Saturday after one of its two engines experienced an uncontained failure.
United Airlines is the only US airline to operate the Boeing 777 with Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines.
Korean Air, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have said that they have grounded their Boeing 777s which use the same engines.
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Boeing: 777s with engine that blew apart should be grounded
Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers that fly those planes said they would temporarily pull them from service.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered United Airlines to step up inspections of the aircraft after one of its flights made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport Saturday as pieces of the casing of the engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4000, rained down on suburban neighborhoods. None of the 231 passengers or 10 crew were hurt, and the flight landed safely, authorities said. United is among the carriers that has grounded the planes.