FAA Orders Inspections Of Some Boeing 777 Engines

February 24, 2021 Business, Government

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it was ordering immediate inspections of Boeing 777 planes with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines before further flights after an engine failed on a United flight on Saturday.

The engines are used on 128 older versions of the plane accounting for less than 10% of the more than 1,600 777s delivered and only a handful of airlines in the United States, South Korea and Japan were operating them recently.

Operators must conduct a thermal acoustic image inspection of the large titanium fan blades on each engine, the FAA said.

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