FAA Issues Warning to Boeing After Mid-Air Explosion of United Plane’s Engine

FAA Issues Warning to Boeing After Mid-Air Explosion of United Plane’s Engine
Debris is scattered in the front yard of a house at near 13th and Elmwood, in Broomfield, Colo., on Feb. 20, 2021. Broomfield Police Department via AP
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Sunday it is issuing an emergency directive after the failure of a Boeing 777 engine near Denver, requiring immediate inspections of similar planes.

The agency’s director Steve Dickson, in a Sunday night statement, wrote that he directed an “Emergency Airworthiness Directive that would require immediate or stepped-up inspections of Boeing 777 airplanes equipped with certain” types of engines.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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