Boeing: US Federal Aviation Administration Calls for Emergency Checks Comments:
February 23, 2021, 07.37 PM Share:
KOMPAS.com - Boeing 777 planes with a certain type of engine will have to undergo immediate, stepped-up inspections, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in an emergency airworthiness directive issued on Sunday.
The FAA issued the emergency directive in the wake of an airline incident on Saturday. Debris from a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 passenger plane fell onto a suburb of the US city of Denver after its right engine experienced failure shortly after takeoff.
FAA: Some planes will likely be removed from service
The directive applies to Boeing 777 airplanes equipped with certain Pratt and Whitney PW4000 engines.It will likely mean that some airplanes will be removed from service, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement.
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The move comes after after a United Airlines 777 landed safely at Denver International Airport on Saturday after its right engine failed, spraying debris over a wide area.