Boeing 777s Grounded After Weekend Engine Explosion

Airlines are grounding Boeing (NYSE: BA) 777 aircraft powered by Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney engines after a weekend incident in which one of them on a United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) aircraft failed shortly after takeoff.

United Flight 328 from Denver to Honolulu experienced engine failure on Sunday, but returned safely. The engine broke into pieces that scattered over suburban Broomfield, Colorado, and passengers filmed footage of the engine in flames during the flight.

United responded by halting operations of 24 of its planes, and Boeing late Sunday recommended suspending all planes similar to the one involved in the failure until a proper engine-inspection protocol can be established.

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