Boeing recommends suspension of 777 flight after aircraft engine fails in flight

Boeing has recommended that airlines stop “Boeing 777” flights similar to the recently engine-burned “United Airlines” plane until the Federal Aviation Administration gives instructions after the review.

Boeing said it recommended “suspending 69 of the 777s in service and 59 in stock, which are powered by Pratt & Whitney 112-4000 engines, until the Federal Aviation Administration determines the appropriate inspection protocol.” .

The Federal Aviation Administration has said it will issue emergency instructions requiring intensive inspections of the Boeing 777s, which are powered by Pratt & Whitney 112 4000 engines.

United said earlier on Sunday it had temporarily suspended all flights of its 24 Boeing 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines.

The action comes after the United States Federal Aviation Administration announced that a United Airlines plane suffered a malfunction in the right engine shortly after leaving Denver International Airport for Honolulu last Saturday, which had resulted in the scattering of parts, but returned safely to the airport.

United Airlines said in a statement that no injuries were reported aboard its flight number 328, which carried 231 passengers and a crew of ten.

Broomfield, Colorado, police released photos of an airliner from a Boeing 777-200, but no casualties were reported on the ground.

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Source: Reuters

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