A United Airlines (UAL-US) Boeing (BA-US) 777 took off from Denver, Colorado, USA yesterday (21) to Honolulu, Hawaii, where it was destined. Because of the accident, United Airlines and Japan’s two largest airlines, Japan Airlines (9201-JP) and All Nippon Airways (9202-JP), have asked for more inspections of this type of airliner.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement yesterday that he ordered an “emergency airworthiness directive” that requires all 777s with the same engines to be inspected more closely. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the accident, and only a large amount of wreckage on the ground needs to be dealt with.
In addition to the U.S. Emergency Airworthiness Directive, Japan today also asked 32 domestic airlines to avoid using Boeing 777s with PW4000 engines to take off or land in Japanese airspace until further notice. Further notice.
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