Analysis: Boeing alters course in speedy response to engine blowouts
By Eric M. Johnson
Reuters
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two years ago, after a second fatal 737 MAX crash in five months, Boeing Co worked behind the scenes to urge aviation regulators not to ground the jet.
Its efforts went as far as the White House, with Boeing s then-Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg calling former U.S. President Donald Trump to assure him the jet was safe.
But Saturday s engine failure on a United Airlines 777, which produced jarring footage of an engine on fire and chunks of metal littering a Denver suburb - but no injuries - triggered a very different response inside Boeing.
Metal fatigue was a factor that led to a Pratt & Whitney engine failure aboard a United Airlines flight over Denver, according to federal investigators. A preliminary exam at the scene of fallen debris in Broomfield, Colo., following the incident Saturday found a fan blade fractured at the root “indicates damage consistent with metal fatigue,” said Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National .
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Engine On United Boeing 777 Showed Signs Of Metal Fatigue: Investigators Engine On United Boeing 777 Showed Signs Of Metal Fatigue: Investigators The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine failed on Saturday with a loud bang four minutes after takeoff from Denver.
The damaged starboard engine of United Airlines flight 328, a Boeing 777-200 after engine failure.
Washington:
Damage to a fan blade on an engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777 flight is consistent with metal fatigue, based on a preliminary assessment, the chairman of the US air accident investigator said on Monday.
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine failed on Saturday with a loud bang four minutes after takeoff from Denver, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Robert Sumwalt told reporters following an initial analysis of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.