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American aircraft maker Boeing’s airliner continues to be in trouble.
Last weekend, in the United States and the Netherlands, there were accidents where an engine debris fell on a residential area, and today a 757 airliner in the United States made an emergency landing with an engine abnormality.
Reporter Shin Jeong-yeon on the press.
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An airliner engine that suddenly ignites at 4,500 meters.
Massive iron debris falls across residential areas and roads with a roar.
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“Big fragments are falling from the sky.”
United Airlines’ Boeing 777 airliner, which took off from Colorado, USA on the 20th, ran out of engine.
On the same day, a Boeing 747 freighter departing from the Netherlands also injured two residents as engine debris spilled like volcanic ash.
In two days, Delta’s Boeing 757 airliner made an emergency landing due to engine problems.
While taking off from Atlanta and heading for Seattle, a warning light on one of the engines turned on, making an emergency landing at Salt Lake City Airport.
Fortunately, the landing was safe and the fire brigade was dispatched, but apparently no engine damage was found.
The three Boeing aircraft accidents that occurred within three days were of different types, but the engines were all’PW4000′ products made by a company called Pratt & Whitney.
U.S. aviation authorities previously diagnosed that the’weak metal strength’ of the Boeing 777 aircraft that had been sprayed with debris in the air seemed to be the cause of the failure.
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“In the first on-site inspection, engine damage due to’metal fatigue’ was observed.”
Boeing has suspended all 128 Boeing 777s equipped with the company’s engines.
Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, and Jin Air in Korea have also suspended operations for inspection of 29 Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with the same engine.
This is Jeongyeon Shin from MBC News.
(Video editing: Byun Seoha)
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