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United grounding some Boeing 777 planes after an engine failure. -- nm

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Feb 21 '21, 19:35

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Japan grounds 32 JAL and ANA jets after Boeing engine fire -- (link) - ty97 Feb 21, 20:25 2
- That’s very concerning. -- nm - Airbus Feb 21, 20:54
- (pretty standard for other countries to follow the FAA's moves) -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 20:25
The fire is there to keep passengers warm for outdoor seating during meal service. -- (link) - Max Feb 21, 20:02 1
- yeow -- nm - prayformojo Feb 21, 20:10
oh. A Dutch Boeing 747 freighter *also* had an engine fire Saturday sending parts into a village. - ty97 Feb 21, 19:54
FAA issued an airworthiness directive on the model of plane involved, so yeah. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 21, 19:50 4
- I wonder how much of this is general conservativeness and "took us too long last time." -- nm - mafic Feb 21, 19:56 1
  - My first guess is that causation is simply more obvious when it involves a physical point of failure. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 21, 19:59
- **on certain engines used in the model (not everyone uses those engines) -- nm* - ty97 Feb 21, 19:51 1
  - yes, thank you for clarifying. -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 19:53
Not common, but not unheard of. And they have some slack in their fleet because *waves arms around* pandemic -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 19:48 3
- 24 United planes impacted, per the article linked above. - znufrii Feb 21, 19:52 2
  - Definitely not their whole 777 fleet. They have lots of 777s (let me check wiki) - ty97 Feb 21, 19:57 1
    - That said, their 772s aren't all configured the same inside the plane.. Some of configured for high density domestic, some of international. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 21, 19:58

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