By SHUN NIEKAWA/ Staff Writer
February 22, 2021 at 13:31 JST
A North Metro firefighter walks past a large piece of an airplane engine in the front yard of a home on Elmwood Street on Feb. 20 in Broomfield, Colorado. (The Denver Post via AP)
The transport ministry is instructing domestic airlines to halt operations of Boeing 777 jets outfitted with engines similar to the one that failed in the United States on Feb. 20.
The ministry made the announcement on the evening of Feb. 21, after an engine on a United Airlines Boeing 777 failed, forcing it to make an emergency landing shortly after departure in Denver, Colorado. The plane was outfitted with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines.
All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) has 19 Boeing 777 planes that will be grounded, while Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) has 13, according to the ministry.
In December last year, a JAL aircraft engine failed, forcing the plane to return to Naha Airport in Okinawa Prefecture after takeoff. It was equipped with an engine like the one that caused the latest incident in the United States.
ANA and JAL have already been taking measures to prevent similar incidents after the ministry told them to step up inspections of any aircraft in their fleets that have similar types of engines.
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