they threaten to take action if the military continues to kill more demonstrators. good to be with us. we have more information on the eng twin failure on the united airlines 777 jet. a passenger captured the terrifying moments in the air on saturday before the pilots made an emergency landing in denver. now boeing is recommending all 777s that use the same engine, the pratt and whitney 4000 series suspend operations. united has already announced it s removing 24 planes from service. all this as the faa says it will be stepping up its inspections. we re also seeing and hearing what it was like on the ground as debris came crashing into the neighborhoods in colorado. those startling images emerging as we are learning new details about the disaster in the sky. pete muntean has more from washington where we have our first look at what may have played a role in the flight 328. the ntsb says one of the fan bolts broke off, damaged another one and other fan blades. in fact, inv
united airlines has already done so. temporarily, taking two dozen of their aircraft out of service. and now, a team for the company that makes the engine will work with investigators to look into the flight s engine failure. and i want you to take a look at this. this terrifying video of the engine on fire. u.s. regulators are ramping up inspections of that pratt and whitney engine. officials say the early examination shows two fan blades were fractured and the remaining blades show damage. the flight landed back in denver with all 241 people on board, safe. but here s what happened to the debris. parts of that plane, falling outside a home in colorado. thankfully, fortunately, no one was hurt. meanwhile, the repercussions of this incident are being felt on the other side of the globe. japan is ordering all its domestic airlines to temporarily stop operating boeing 777s, equipped with that same type of engine. pete muntean is following the story of the united-airlines incide
far short of demand as the covid-19 death toll in the country approaches half a million. good to have you with us. grounded planes and stepped up inspections coming just days after the terrifying mid-air engine failure over colorado on a united airlines 777 jet. a passenger captured this dramatic and disturbing video on saturday shortly before the pilots returned safely to denver. now boeing is recommending all 777s that use the same engine, the pratt and when itney 4000 series ground the planes. united is removing 24 planes from service and the faa will step up the inspections. we are learning new details about what happened in the air. our peat muntean has the latest on the investigation. reporter: we are getting our first window into what may have played a major role in that dramatic in flight failure of united airlines flight 328. the ntsb says one of the fan blades of the right hand engine of that boeing 777 broke off, damaged another one, and other fan blades. in fa
catastrophe. pratt and whitney is the one who builds the engine. all of a sudden there was a loud sound and it got really bad. i thought lightning struck the plane at first. we looked at each other, my wife and i, held hands and just wished our kids we would see them again. reporter: concerns heightened by a second incident. another boeing jet caught fire. they ordered all domestic flights grounded. questions have already been raised how jets will be returned aviation correspondent pete muntean has the latest on the investigation. reporter: christine, laura, we re getting the biggest window into what may have caused the dramatic in flight failure. mayday, mayday, united air 28. united 328 heavy mayday, mayday. aircraft 328. yeah. denver departure 328 heavy mayday. aircraft just experienced engine failure. need to return immediately. reporter: a fan blade inside the right hand engine broke off, took out another fan blade and investigators were able to find
says it s removing all of its boeing triple 7200s from service. i think this aircraft is going to stay on the ground for a while. president biden will be laser focused on covid relief this week, as the house is set to vote later in the week on that $1.9 trillion package. merrick garland will likely face intense questions from republicans and he ll have to walk a fine line, since he s still technically a sitting judge. i m very confident he will look at every case on the merits. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it is monday, february 22nd. it is 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off. erica hill with me this morning. good morning. so we have breaking news. boeing telling airlines telling airlines to stop flying 128 777 jets, all aircraft with the same engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over the weekend. look at this video. united airlines have