Boeing has asked all airlines to ground their Boeing 777s with Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines until U.S. Federal Aviation Administration gives further orders. The FAA had on Saturday issued
United pulls 24 Boeing 777s; FAA orders inspections after engine failure
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The Broomfield Police Department said Sunday it has been inundated with calls about debris found throughout the city after a Boeing 777 plane had to make an emergency landing in Denver after suffering engine failure on Saturday. Photo courtesy of the Broomfield Police Department/Facebook
Feb. 21 (UPI) United Airlines said Sunday it was temporarily removing 24 of its Boeing 777 aircraft from service a day after one of its flights had to make an emergency landing due to engine failure.
The announcement from United came about an hour after the Federal Aviation Administrationsaid it was increasing inspections of Boeing 777 aircraft, which would likely mean that some airplanes will be removed from service.
Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this past weekend, and most carri.
United Grounds 777 Jets After Engine Failure
By Jaclyn Diaz
February 22, 2021
United Airlines suspended the use of older model 777 jets after an engine failed shortly after takeoff in Colorado on Saturday, raining debris on suburban Broomfield, Colo.
The temporary suspension applies to 777 models that are powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines,
United announced on Twitter.
Boeing recommended the airplanes remain out of the sky until the Federal Aviation Administration “identifies the appropriate inspection protocol.” There are 69 planes currently in service and 59 others in storage that it applies to, the company said in a statement.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson ordered the agency’s aviation safety experts on Sunday to issue an Emergency Airworthiness Directive and called for “immediate or stepped-up inspections” of the Boeing 777 jets equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines.
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