By Murdo Morrison2021-02-25T16:51:00+00:00
For admirers of the Queen of the Skies, it is a sombre sight. Nine former British Airways Boeing 747-400s – former flagships of the flag carrier and still resplendent in their liveries – line up on the hard standing of a rural airfield in the west of England, all but one destined to be broken into bits.
Cotswold Airport, at Kemble in Gloucestershire, is where old airliners come to die, and operator Air Salvage International (ASI) is one of a few aircraft dismantling and recycling specialists in Europe.
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British Airways 747-400s lined up at Kemble
Aerospace giant was said to be working with the FAA to strengthen the covers
Investigators have attributed Saturday s incident in Denver to a fan blade that broke off due to metal fatigue and apparently breached the engine cover
The planemaker and the FAA had been discussing potential fixes for about two years, following an earlier incident in 2018, according to the Wall Street Journal
On Tuesday night, the FAA ordered inspections of all Pratt & Whitney engines
Although immediate attention has focused on the engine s manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, Reuters has reported that its casing is manufactured by Boeing
Both Boeing and the FAA avoided discussing specifics on the efforts to modify the 777; such changes typically require significant evaluation and testing
Boeing calls for GLOBAL grounding of all 128 777s with same Pratt and Whitney engine that exploded over Denver - as officials reveal United jet suffered fractures to engine fan blades but full investigation could take a year
Boeing has called for the grounding of 128 of its 777 planes as US regulators investigate a United Airlines flight whose engine caught fire and fell apart
United Airlines said it will halt all flights by its fleet of 24 Boeing 777 airplanes with same type of engine involved in Saturday s emergency landing in Denver
United is the only US airline with the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 in its fleet, according to the FAA
dajjal” (aka Antichrist).
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The conspiracies were so widespread that even Science, Technology & Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had to voice out against them.
Replying to one such social media anti-vax post, Khairy plainly stated that the vaccine is not
dajjal and that OneWorld is the name of an airline alliance.
Vaksin bukan dajjal dan One World adalah nama airline alliance atau rangkaian syarikat2 penerbangan. pic.twitter.com/GMnImsbuWf Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) February 21, 2021
As the minister pointed out, OneWorld is in fact a global airlines alliance that currently consists of 13 carriers including American Airlines, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines – which has actually been a full member of OneWorld since 2013.
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