United will still fly the Boeing 777-200 after a scary engine failure in Colorado — but the ones still flying have a different engine

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The Federal Aviation Administration has effectively grounded United Airlines’ fleet of 24 Boeing 777-200 aircraft powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112 engine that failed on Saturday during a flight from Denver to Honolulu. 

An airline spokesperson told Insider that the extent of the grounding remains to be seen as the agency has not yet issued an airworthiness directive, or AD, outlining the inspections that the airline needs to perform before the engine can return to the skies. 

Flyers that still see “Boeing 777-200” for their United flights in the next few days, however, need not read more ⇒

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com

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