FAA orders emergency PW4000 inspections as airlines ground 777s

United Airlines Star Alliance Boeing 777-200ER 2019

Source: Max Kingsley-Jones/FlightGlobal

The US Federal Aviation Administration is ordering emergency inspections of some Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200s in response to a 20 February in-flight uncontained engine failure.

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