UA Temporarily Grounds Boeing 772 (PW Power); returning to service: late May 2022
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UA Temporarily Grounds Boeing 772 (PW Power); returning to service: late May 2022
Now Japan is grounding all 777's? Overkill, I think. Unless the power plants are P&W too and they feel there might be a problem within.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see other countries issue a temporary grounding, namely because the cost of doing so is relatively low right now given how many aircraft are parked and others underutilized. I'd imagine there are very few airlines that would be impacted beyond the immediate short-term issue of getting their other aircraft and crews to take over the flying.
EDIT: Wiki shows about 10% of all 777s have P&W engines, and it appears a decent portion of those are in storage already. I'd expect 100ish planes grounded if they grounded all PW4000 777s.
Last edited by lowfareair; Feb 21, 2021 at 4:26 pm
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https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transportation/Japan-grounds-32-JAL-and-ANA-jets-after-Boeing-engine-fire
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This may now be worthy of a second thread, but UA is now removing all the P&W 772s from the active fleet to undergo additional inspections. Will likely result in some pretty major shifts, in particular on the Hawaii routes.
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Good for UA for getting ahead of this. Where is PW?
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UA Temporarily Grounds Boeing 777-200 (PW Power)
United airlines said Sunday it is voluntarily and temporarily halting flights of Boeing 777s with Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines of the sort that disintegrated shortly after takeoff Saturday on a United flight out of Denver.
The airline said the grounding affects 24 jets that were in active use. Its fleet of 777s also includes 28 that are currently in storage.
The airline said the grounding affects 24 jets that were in active use. Its fleet of 777s also includes 28 that are currently in storage.
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...eing-777-jets/
Last edited by kevflyer; Feb 21, 2021 at 6:29 pm Reason: Clarified this affects 772s with PW engines only
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Fortunately my upcoming '772' flight (per reservation summary) has been assigned a 773 (per flight status) for at least a week.
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Thanks. Hope a moderator can update the thread listing title soon.
There is some related discussion in the UA328 thread.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...den-hnl-8.html
Maybe will move here.
FAA is 'calling for' more thorough inspection of PW engines, and Japan has grounded PW 777.
There is some related discussion in the UA328 thread.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...den-hnl-8.html
Maybe will move here.
FAA is 'calling for' more thorough inspection of PW engines, and Japan has grounded PW 777.
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