As Boeing faces scrutiny following a 777 engine failure, Tigress Financial Partners CIO and Boeing analyst Ivan Feinseth argues that ‘pent up demand’ for travel after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will need to be met by more inspections.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday it was ordering immediate inspections of Boeing 777-200 planes with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines before further flights after an engine failed on a United flight on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Operators must conduct a thermal acoustic image inspection of the large titanium fan blades located at the front of each engine, the FAA said.<\/p>\n
The National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday that a cracked fan blade from the United Flight 328 engine that caught fire was consistent with metal fatigue.<\/p>\n
BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES HQ MAY BE SOLD IN COST-CUTTING MOVE<\/strong><\/p>\n "Based on the initial results as we receive them, as well as other data gained from the ongoing investigation, the FAA may revise this directive to set a new interval for this inspection or subsequent ones," the FAA said.<\/p>\n In March 2019, after a 2018 United engine failure attributed to fan blade fatigue, the FAA ordered inspections every 6,500 cycles. A cycle is one take-off and landing.<\/p>\n South Korea's transport ministry said on Tuesday it had told its airlines to inspect the fan blades every 1,000 cycles following guidance from Pratt after the latest United incident.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n \nTicker<\/th>\n Security<\/th>\n Last<\/th>\n Change<\/th>\n Change %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n BA<\/td>\n BOEING COMPANY<\/td>\n 212.12<\/td>\n -0.76<\/td>\n -0.36%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n UAL<\/td>\n UNITED AIRLINES HLDG.<\/td>\n 50.61<\/td>\n +0.91<\/td>\n +1.83%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Powered by<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n