Aerospace giant was said to be working with the FAA to strengthen the covers
Investigators have attributed Saturday s incident in Denver to a fan blade that broke off due to metal fatigue and apparently breached the engine cover
The planemaker and the FAA had been discussing potential fixes for about two years, following an earlier incident in 2018, according to the Wall Street Journal
On Tuesday night, the FAA ordered inspections of all Pratt & Whitney engines
Although immediate attention has focused on the engine s manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, Reuters has reported that its casing is manufactured by Boeing
Both Boeing and the FAA avoided discussing specifics on the efforts to modify the 777; such changes typically require significant evaluation and testing
Boeing calls for GLOBAL grounding of all 128 777s with same Pratt and Whitney engine that exploded over Denver - as officials reveal United jet suffered fractures to engine fan blades but full investigation could take a year
Boeing has called for the grounding of 128 of its 777 planes as US regulators investigate a United Airlines flight whose engine caught fire and fell apart
United Airlines said it will halt all flights by its fleet of 24 Boeing 777 airplanes with same type of engine involved in Saturday s emergency landing in Denver
United is the only US airline with the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 in its fleet, according to the FAA
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft, with 231 passengers and 10 crew on board, was heading to Honolulu on Saturday from Denver International Airport when debris struck the plane s right engine.
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San Francisco plane crash: TV station duped into giving racist, false names of pilots by NTSB intern
By DAVID BOROFF and BETH STEBNER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
Oakland TV station KTVU was duped into giving racist names for the pilots of Flight 214.
An Oakland TV station was apparently duped into giving racist, incorrect names for the pilots of the Boeing 777 that crash landed at a San Francisco airport on Saturday.
Anchor Tori Campbell of KTVU said on the air Friday that the Asiana jet crew, flying from Seoul, consisted of Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow.
of the world, that flight level would be cold enough that icing could be a concern. investigators will have to eventually analyze if icing conditions on the wings came into play along the flight path. as we zoom in, this is the flight and the last known location. you can see the thunderstorms right nearby. obviously weather, if it wasn t the main factor, it was certainly no help along the path of the flight. richard, back to you. mark, thank you for that update for us on the weather. here is what we know about the plane. it s an air bus 200 series a-320. delivered in 2008. this plane had 23,000 flight hours and 13,600 flights. the a-320 is a short oh medium range jet. it can carry up to 180 passengers with a range of 3700 miles. let s bring in two aviation experts to shed light on what happened with the air asia flight. former ntsb investigator and nbc