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United Airlines announced Sunday they will be grounding 24 Boeing 777 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000 series engines, the same engine involved in Saturday's incident over the Denver suburb of Broomfield.
Aviation expert weighs in on United Airlines engine failure Japan grounds Boeing 777's following United incident David Zalubowski/AP A part from a United Airlines jetliner sits in the middle of Elmwood Street in the street near a home peppered by parts from a plane as it was making an emergency landing at nearby Denver International Airport Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) and last updated 2021-02-22 14:56:59-05 DENVER â The sound rumbled across the sky above Broomfield Saturday afternoon. What followed was something equally unnatural and dangerous: small and large pi...
Shares in US-based Raytheon, the parent company of Pratt & Whitney, had suffered a 2.9 per cent drop as of 6.20am EST in a blow to one of the main players in the aircraft engine market.
There have been no injuries, but parts have fallen at least three locations, Broomfield Police said.
A United Airlines flight bound for Honolulu returned to Denver International Airport Saturday after suffering an engine failure with debris from the aircra