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US aviation body orders extra inspections of some Boeing 777s
WASHINGTON, Feb 22, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The US Federal Aviation Administration
ordered Sunday extra inspections of some Boeing 777 passenger jets, after a
United flight suffered engine failure a day earlier in Colorado.
“After consulting with my team of aviation safety experts about
yesterday’s engine failure aboard a Boeing 777 airplane in Denver, I have
directed them to issue an Emergency Airworthiness Directive that would
require immediate or stepped-up inspections of Boeing 777 airplanes equipped
with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines,” FAA Administrator Steve Dickson
said on Twitter.
“This will likely mean that some airplanes will be removed from service.”
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