WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Damage to a fan blade on an engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777 flight is consistent with metal fatigue, based on a preliminary assessment, the chairman of the ...

Operators of Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered aircraft are braced for a new round of inspection and replacement requirements in the wake of a continuing series of high pressure compressor surge ...

A United Airlines Boeing 777 jet that suffered a catastrophic engine failure shortly after departing Denver International Airport, littering Colorado neighborhoods below with large pieces of debris, ...

Pratt & Whitney’s lack of sufficient training for an inspection process set the stage for a PW4077 fan blade to fracture, forcing the crew of a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 to shut the engine down ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has directed airlines to suspend service of 777 jets powered by PW4000 engines as an inquiry continues into the cause of failure aboard a United Airlines flight on ...

The Pratt & Whitney airplane engine that burst into flames and forced a United Airlines pilot to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Denver had similar blowouts on at least two ...