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The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive on Sunday calling for immediate or intensified inspections of planes similar to the one that caught fire over Denver over the weekend.
The order is for Boeing 777 planes equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines and “will likely mean some planes will be out of service”, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a press release.
The order came after a United Airlines passenger plane powered by twin Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines suffered a dramatic in-flight engine failure on Saturday, forcing an emergency landing.
No injuries were reported aboard the jet bound for Honolulu, despite dramatic videos showing one of the engines on fire and shaking.
There was also no injury report in the suburb of Broomfield, where huge chunks of engine and debris landed in yards, parks and vehicles.
An initial examination of the incident showed that “the inspection interval should be stepped up for the hollow fan blades which are unique to this engine model used only on Boeing 777 aircraft,” Dickson said.
United is the only US operator with the PW4000 engine type in its fleet.
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