Boeing 777 Engine Blast Spurs Grounding of Some Older Jets
Bloomberg 2/22/2021 Alan Levin and Julie Johnsson
(Bloomberg) Airlines grounded dozens of older Boeing Co. 777 aircraft after the failure of a Pratt & Whitney engine showered debris into a Denver suburb and prompted U.S. regulators to order emergency inspections.
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United Airlines Holdings Inc. halted operations of 24 of its planes in the wake of the incident involving one of its fleet over the weekend, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered fan-blade checks on PW4077 engines. Japan’s transport ministry grounded aircraft with the engine variant on Monday, while Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. idled theirs and the U.K. banned such jets from its airspace.
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Canada’s airline fleets are not affected by Boeing’s recommendation to ground its 777 aircraft after a dramatic incident during a U.S. flight over the weekend, as the type of engine involved is not in use by Canadian carriers.
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 neighbourhoods. None of the 231 passengers or 10 crew was hurt, and the flight landed safely, authorities said. United is among the carriers that has grounded the planes.
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Dow component Boeing Co. (BA) is trading lower by more than 8% in Monday’s pre-market after a 777 jet blew an engine and dropped debris on a Denver neighborhood. The jet landed safely after the incident, prompting the carrier to remove the planes from service. The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections on all aircraft with similar Pratt & Whitney engines manufactured by Raytheon Technologies Corp (RTX), who also fell after the news.
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Boeing Takes Quick Action
Boeing acted quickly, telling other airlines flying the Pratt-equipped 777 to also ground their fleets. The United States and Japan had 128 of those jets in service at the time of the incident. The quick response contrasted sharply with the 2019 Ethiopian 737-MAX crash when former CEO Dennis Muilenberg initially refused to ground the airplanes and called former President Trump to stop the FAA from taking action.
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Boeing Recommends Airlines Suspend Use Of Some 777s After United Incident Boeing Recommends Airlines Suspend Use Of Some 777s After United Incident The moves involving Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines came after a United Airlines 777 landed safely at Denver International Airport on Saturday local time after its right engine failed.
United Airlines flight UA328, carrying 231 passengers, returns to Denver International Airport.
Boeing Co said it recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend after U.S. regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while considering further action.
The moves involving Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines came after a United Airlines 777 landed safely in Denver on Saturday local time after its right engine failed.