United Grounds Boeing 777s After Engine Failure

February 22, 2021 Business, Travel

CBS News reports:

Federal aviation regulators are ordering United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s equipped with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on Saturday. United said it is temporarily removing those aircraft from service.

The announcements came a day after United Airlines Flight 328 had to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport after its right engine blew apart just after takeoff. Pieces of the casing of the engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4000, rained down on suburban neighborhoods.

Separately, Dutch authorities were investigating a strikingly similar incident in which a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane dropped engine parts shortly after taking off from Maastricht airport Saturday, according to Reuters

Nikkei Asia reports:



Japanese transport authorities have told domestic airlines not to fly 32 passenger jets that use the same family of engine that burst into flames over the weekend on a Boeing 777’s U.S. flight, strewing debris along its path.

Sunday’s move by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism affects 13 planes operated by Japan Airlines and 19 operated by All Nippon Airways, part of ANA Holdings. None of these planes are scheduled to fly Monday.

JAL and ANA had grounded the 32 planes on their own Sunday before the ministry’s instructions. A JAL flight to Haneda from Naha in Okinawa was canceled as a result. The stoppage will allow time to consider additional measures in response to the United engine failure, according to the ministry.

Tags

© joemygod.com 2025