{"id":120074,"date":"2021-12-22T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=120074"},"modified":"2021-12-23T00:24:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:24:34","slug":"faa-issues-safety-directives-777-200-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/12\/faa-issues-safety-directives-777-200-engines.html","title":{"rendered":"FAA issues safety directives for Boeing 777-200 engines."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued three proposed directives for Boeing 777-200<\/strong> planes equipped with Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines after an engine failure in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The directives will require inspections and strengthening a key engine part, and will allow Boeing 777-200 airplanes equipped with PW4000 engines to return to service, Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Boeing wants to build its next airplane in the \u2018metaverse\u2019.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fan blade failure prompted an engine to fail on a United Airlines 777-200 bound for Honolulu after takeoff from Denver on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FAA said it was calling for strengthening engine cowlings, enhanced engine fan-blade inspection and inspection of other systems and components. The directives will require corrective action based on inspection results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FAA in February ordered immediate inspection of 777 planes with PW4000 engines before further flights after investigators found that a cracked fan blade on the United engine was consistent with metal fatigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Boeing expands 737-800BCF conversion capacity.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raytheon Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney said on Wednesday the inspection of fan blades was “already underway” and could “be performed in the field, on or near-wing by trained personnel.” It added the directive mandates “guidance Pratt & Whitney has provided to customers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FAA said “further action is necessary to address the airplane-level implications and unsafe condition resulting from in-flight engine fan blade failures.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United, the only U.S. operator of 777s with the PW4000 engine, has 52 of those planes that remain grounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, United said those 52 airplanes are expected to return to service as early as the first quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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