[ti:After Engine Incident, Boeing Calls for Grounding 777 Jets]
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[00:00.04]Boeing is urging air travel companies
[00:03.60]to suspend the use of all the company's
[00:07.24]777 passenger jets with one kind of engine model.
[00:13.40]The move comes after an incident that took place Saturday.
[00:18.84]A Boeing 777's engine blew apart
[00:23.56]during a United Airlines flight shortly after takeoff.
[00:29.56]The airplane landed in the U.S. city of Denver with all passengers safe.
[00:37.08]Boeing urged airlines to suspend
[00:40.28]use of all 777s with the same kind of engine.
[00:45.64]It is called the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112.
[00:51.76]Most airlines flying planes with those engines
[00:55.92]said they would temporarily suspend their use.
[01:00.84]The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement
[01:06.16]it was calling for increased inspections of 777s
[01:11.60]using the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines.
[01:18.16]Boeing said 69 aircraft with that kind of engine were in service.
[01:25.36]Another 59 planes were in storage.
[01:29.36]The FAA said United Airlines is the only American-based airline
[01:35.80]using planes with the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engine.
[01:43.00]The company said on Sunday that it had voluntarily removed
[01:47.72]from service 24 active 777 planes with that engine.
[01:55.20]Two Japanese airlines – Japan Airlines and ANA
[02:00.16]– announced they had suspended the use
[02:03.44]of all 777 aircraft with the engines.
[02:09.12]South Korea's Asiana Airlines also grounded its planes,
[02:14.16]while Korean Air said it was discussing whether
[02:17.92]to suspend use of the aircraft.
[02:20.96]Boeing said it was working with regulators in the U.S.
[02:26.20]and other countries to examine the planes.
[02:30.84]They are to be examined by inspectors
[02:33.92]from engine maker Pratt & Whitney.
[02:38.12]The weekend emergency landing of the United plane
[02:42.36]was the latest trouble for Boeing.
[02:46.32]The company's 737 Max planes were grounded,
[02:50.88]or barred from flying, for more than a year
[02:54.28]after two deadly crashes in 2019.
[02:59.56]The Max planes began returning to service late last year,
[03:04.48]but the company lost billions of dollars during the flight ban.
[03:11.08]Boeing has also suffered from major drops in air travel
[03:15.88]related to the coronavirus pandemic.
[03:19.64]Video posted on Twitter from Saturday's emergency
[03:24.64]showed the engine on fire as the plane flew through the air.
[03:30.80]Other pictures posted on social media
[03:34.08]appeared to show a broken fan blade in the engine.
[03:38.52]Passengers, who were on their way to Hawaii,
[03:42.40]said they feared the plane would crash
[03:45.28]after they heard an explosion and saw a bright flash of light.
[03:51.52]The explosion, which could be seen from the ground,
[03:55.16]left a cloud of black smoke in the sky.
[03:58.76]People on the ground saw large pieces of the aircraft fall.
[04:04.40]One piece narrowly missed hitting a home,
[04:07.96]The Associated Press reported.
[04:11.56]The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
[04:15.04]said two of the engine's fan blades were broken
[04:19.12]and the remaining blades showed damage.
[04:23.28]Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
[04:29.00]said an engine in the Pratt & Whitney 4000 family
[04:33.28]suffered trouble on a Japan Airlines 777
[04:38.16]flying to Tokyo from Naha on December 4.
[04:43.60]The airline has said the plane had engine difficulties
[04:47.72]after takeoff and returned to Naha.
[04:51.76]An inspection showed damage to the engine's structure
[04:55.84]and missing fan blades, Japan Airlines said.
[05:01.56]Increased inspection methods were ordered
[05:04.72]as a result of the incident.
[05:07.40]I'm Bryan Lynn.
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