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The National Transportation Safety Board has provided an update on its investigation into United Airlines Flight 328 after it had an engine outage on Saturday after takeoff.
The Boeing 777 was flying from Denver to Honolulu when its right-hand car burst into flames and dropped debris over northern Colorado. The plane returned to Denver with minor damage and landed safely, with all 229 passengers and 10 crew members unharmed.
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Several NTSB officials from the Denver Regional Office began the investigation, while the investigating officer traveled from Washington for the event on Sunday morning.
The investigation is ongoing, with the NTSB working with the Federal Aviation Administration, United Airlines, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, the Air Line Pilots Association and the Independent Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The NTSB said an initial investigation into the PW4000 engine revealed that the inlet and hood were separated from the engine and that two fan blades were broken. The rest of the fan blades ‘showed damage to the points and leading edges’.
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The team will also examine the plane itself, photos and videos captured by passengers on board the flight, the voice recorder of the cabin and flight data transported to Washington for analysis.
Boeing grounded the 777s equipped with PW4000 engines while the investigation continues.
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