Thursday 22 September 2022 11:59 PM United Airlines grounded 25 of its Boeing 777-200 aircraft after failing to ... trends now
United Airlines has grounded canceled about 25 of its Boeing 777-200 planes after realizing that some of its aircraft had not undergone required inspections of the front edges of the wings.
The airline canceled flights Monday night and Tuesday morning with the intention of rebooking stranded passengers.
The Federal Aviation Administration said United grounded 25 of the jets after discovering it had failed to inspect slats on the wing edges that are used during takeoffs and landings.
The FAA said United reported the issue, and the FAA is reviewing circumstances that led to the missed inspections.
United Airlines has grounded 25 of its Boeing 777-200 airplanes from service after not fulfilling the required inspections of the front edges of the wings
United said earlier this week afternoon that it had inspected 10 of the planes and was working with the FAA to return the others to flying in the next two weeks without causing additional flight cancellations.
'We've completed inspections on 10 of those aircraft, and are working with the FAA to return others to service while inspections are ongoing over the next two weeks,' United said in a statement.
The FAA said it was reviewing United's inspection plan 'as well as looking into the circumstances that led to the missed inspections.'
In May, the FAA cleared United's 52 Boeing 777 planes equipped with Pratt & Whitney (PW) 4000 engines to return to service.
The jets were grounded after the failure of a Pratt & Whitney engine on one that caused parts of the housing to fall on the Denver area.
United Airlines discovered it had failed to perform required inspections on the wing leading-edge panels, the FAA, a U.S. regulator said
The United flight to Honolulu suffered engine failure and showered debris over nearby cities and made an emergency landing in February 2021.
A loud bang was heard just four minutes after take off and pieces of the engine began to plummet to the ground over Broomfield, Colorado.
Jet engine parts were scattered around the entire suburb, with the entire engine inlet lip ending up in one piece in a resident's front yard.
No one was injured and the plane safely returned to the airport.
United said that he wing leading-edge panel inspections of some of those 777-200s are not related to engines or recent engine work.
They said the
