S.Korea grounds all local airlines' Boeing 777s with PW4000 engines

Jin Air Co

24/02/2021 09:50

SEOUL, Feb 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's transport ministry
said on Wednesday it ordered the grounding of all local
airlines' Boeing  BA.N  777s with PW4000 engines. 
    The ministry also said in a statement it would ban all
foreign aircraft with PW4000 engines from operating in South
Korean airspace from Thursday. 
    Finally, the ministry said it ordered local carriers Korean
Air  003490.KS , Asiana Airlines  020560.KS  and Jin Air
 272450.KS  to have fan blades of the PW4000 engines in a total
of 29 Boeing 777s in their fleets inspected by manufacturer
Pratt & Whitney before the aircraft can be cleared for flight
again, in line with an earlier U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration directive.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2KU03P 
    

 (Reporting by Joyce Lee; editing by Jason Neely)
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