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Old Feb 21, 2021, 9:06 pm
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artvandalay
 
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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG
What's your point ? Those on A321NEO are PW1100G, completely different than 772's PW4077 and a completely different problem.

Yes UA was the launch customer for 777 and PW was the launch engines.
And this engine has been one of the safest engines ever. One might assume that the fact that there was another similar engine incident on the same day (in EU) with the similar engine type surely influenced the FAA decision.

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