Another hard blow for the American manufacturer.
The United States Aviation Regulatory Authority (FAA) on Sunday ordered additional inspections on certain Boeing 777-type commercial planes the day after a spectacular engine failure on one of these devices in Colorado.
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After consulting with my team of aviation safety experts about yesterday's [Saturday] engine failure aboard a Boeing 777 aircraft in Denver, I asked them to issue an Emergency Airworthiness Directive that would require immediate or in-depth inspections of Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines
, ”an FAA official wrote on Twitter.
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This will probably mean that some planes will be taken out of service,
" he added.
A United Airlines Boeing 777-220, which had taken off Saturday from Denver (Colorado) for Honolulu (Hawaii) with 231 passengers and 10 crew members, had to turn around urgently after the fire in his right reactor.
The aircraft was able to land at Denver Airport and none of the passengers were injured.
Cornered by the health crisis, Boeing is going through a black period also because of the setbacks of its 737 MAX, finally authorized again to fly in Europe after a two-year ban.
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