WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it was ordering immediate inspections of Boeing 777 planes with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines before further flights after an engine failed on a United flight on Saturday.
"Based on the initial results as we receive them, as well as other data gained from the ongoing investigation, the FAA may revise this directive to set a new interval for this inspection or subsequent ones," the FAA said. The U.S. FAA said in 2019 that each inspection was expected to take 22 man-hours and cost US$1,870. It did not provide updated estimates on Tuesday.
Japan's transport ministry said on Wednesday it was examining the FAA directive and had not yet decided what action to take. ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines said they would comply with any directives from the Japanese regulator.
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