Regulatory action mandated by international civil aviation authorities after the 20 February failure of a Pratt & Whitney PW4000 on a United Airlines Boeing 777 affect a relatively small proportion of ...
United Airlines said Tuesday it plans to resume flying the Boeing 777-200 planes equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines sometime "in the future." The announcement comes two months after United ...
UK regulators have imposed a ban on operating Boeing 777s fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112 engines until protective action is carried out, following the powerplant failure on a United Airlines ...
Boeing and enginemaker Pratt & Whitney have requested additional time and exemptions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for redesigns related to the PW4000-112 turbofans onboard select ...
Pratt & Whitney’s lack of sufficient training for an inspection process set the stage for a PW4077 fan blade to fracture, forcing the crew of a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 to shut the engine down ...
Pratt & Whitney and the FAA are close to approving revised inspection protocols for PW4000s that power grounded Boeing 777s, but Boeing-led work on nacelle modifications will likely push the fleet’s ...