(CNN Business) – United Airlines has recently returned all of its Boeing 777 aircraft and services that operate engines of the 4000 series of Pratt & Whitney when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, by its rules in English) orders more intensive inspections.
The airline announced that it would immediately withdraw the aircraft “by precaution”. The 24 aircraft are part of United’s 52 Boeing 777 fleet. The other 28 are permanently abandoned.
The medium is voluntary and temporal, dijo United, and only need to affect “a small number of customers”.
The announcement is being made that the FAA is issuing an order of emergency in order to intensify inspections of the Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines.
“We will review all available safety data after the incident,” said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson. United Airlines reported that Saturday was forced to return to Denver International Airport after suffering a fall in the plane after the flight, which provoked the Denver bombing raid.
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“Based on the initial information, we conclude that we should increase the inspection interval for the axles that are exclusive to this engine model, which is used exclusively on Boeing 777 aircraft,” said Dickson.
The Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB, for its sailings in English) says that it is an initial examination of the Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine of flight 328 of United Airlines that most of the asparagus asparagus are fractured and the rest present points and boards ».
These are preliminary results and should not be taken as conclusions from the fact that salio is bad, but only significant.
Investigators believe that a Boeing 777 engine aspiration that experienced a catastrophic fall occurred on Saturday and left another aspen, giving CNN an acquaintance with the situation.
El domingo por la noche, Boeing recommends the voltage of the todos sus aviones 777 que tienen engines Pratt & Whitney 4000.
“While the NTSB’s investigation is underway, we recommend suspending operations of 69 777 and services and 59 in propulsion measures for Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines until the FAA identifies the appropriate inspection protocol,” it said. Boeing statement.
The countries that use the Boeing 777
According to the most recent register dates, the airlines operate with the affected engines in the United States, Japan and South Korea. United is the only stadium operator with this type of engine in its fleet.
The Ministry of Transportation of Japan said it would order national airlines to operate Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines.
“Boeing supports the decision of the Office of Civil Aviation of Japan in the FAA High Action to suspend operations of 777 aircraft operated by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines. We are working with these regulators so that many people mean that these planes are in the field and Pratt & Whitney carry out more inspections », the company says the domingo in its communication.
The NTSB says that the “investigator in charge of this event together with a specialist in power plants” travels from Washington to Denver on Monday to help the local investigators of the NTSB.
The agency said to be examining “the engine, aircraft and photographs and videos taken by passengers aboard the 328 United flight”. The NTSB will also review flight dates and cabin crew ratings.