{"id":101785,"date":"2020-10-20T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=101785"},"modified":"2020-10-20T17:48:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:48:10","slug":"british-airways-leaves-some-boeing-777s-on-the-ground-after-finding-engine-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/10\/british-airways-leaves-some-boeing-777s-on-the-ground-after-finding-engine-failure.html","title":{"rendered":"British Airways leaves some Boeing 777s on the ground after finding engine failure."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some Boeing 777s from <strong>British Airways (BA)<\/strong> have been grounded after a serious fault was found that caused oil not to circulate in the General Electric (GE) engines, reported the British newspaper The Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/uk-fines-british-airways-22-million-for-customer-data-theft-in-2018.html\">UK fines British Airways 22 million for customer data theft in 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling came one hour after flight BA113 took off from Heathrow to London to New York on September 14th, where the pilots declared an emergency and returned to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline immediately ordered an inspection of all 777s with GE engines. An identical problem was discovered with an oil line on five jets, making them unsafe to fly. The planes were taken out of service, with engineers working to solve the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/british-airways-farewell-to-the-queen-of-the-skies.html\">British Airways farewell to the \u201cQueen of the Skies\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If the oil doesn&#8217;t go where it should in an aircraft engine, then there is extreme danger. It&#8217;s a nightmare scenario for any passenger and crew on a long-haul flight,&#8221; said one source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 20 BA 777s with General Electric engines, only nine are currently flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This flight to the U.S. was the first that the plane, a Boeing 777-236, had made since June 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-ef00302e     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"420\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/gol-linhas-aereas-to-launch-direct-salta-rio-de-janeiro-route-in-december.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener 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