S.Korea orders airlines to inspect engines on Boeing 777 jets

Jin Air Co

23/02/2021 07:07

SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - South Korea has ordered its
airlines to inspect Boeing  BA.N  777 jets with Pratt & Whitney
PW4000 type engines, the transport ministry said on Tuesday. 
    The order follows damage to a fan blade on the same type of
engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777 flight on the
weekend.
    The chairman of the U.S. air accident investigator has
described that damage as consistent with metal fatigue, going by
a preliminary assessment.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2KT03X
    Korean Air  003490.KS , Asiana Airlines  020560.KS  and
budget carrier Jin Air  272450.KS  have 16, nine and four of
these planes respectively, the ministry said in a statement. The
airlines have grounded aircraft they had in operation. 

 (Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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