The 737 Max was approved to resume operation, but this time, 128 777s stopped
To make matters worse,’reduction in long-distance demand through corona’… ‘Strength of large airliner’ hits Boeing more
(Denver AP = Yonhap News) United Airlines’ flight 328 departing from Denver International Airport, Colorado, and heading for Honolulu, Hawaii, on the 20th (local time), returned to Denver Airport after taking off with smoke from the right engine failure. The appearance of coming. Debris spilled from the plane due to a breakdown that day and hit residential areas near the airport. It is known that there have been no casualties such as injuries until now. [제3자 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지] [email protected]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Daehan = US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is experiencing an endless crisis as the demand for new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) decreases, as well as successive safety accidents.
The 737 Max, which had crashed twice, managed to resume operation after 20 months, but this time, the 777 caused a debris crash while in flight.
According to CNN Business on the 22nd (local time), a 777-200 airliner belonging to United Airlines caused an engine failure shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport in Colorado on the 20th.
The airliner made an emergency landing at Denver Airport safely, but in the process, debris etc. came off the air and spilled onto the ground.
Fortunately, no human damage occurred, but the dizzying situation at the time was conveyed in video or photos, such as the appearance of the aircraft engine being engulfed in flames and the appearance of fragments falling on the roof or yard of a residential area.
The engine of Pratt & Whitney Corp. was installed on the failed passenger plane.
Apart from the accident, on the same day in the Netherlands, a problem occurred on a 747 freighter with Pratt & Whitney engines.
The exact cause of these aircraft engine failures has not yet been determined.
Considering the number of years the engine has been used, it is likely that it is related to manufacturing or maintenance rather than a design problem, CNN Business said.
For now, Boeing stopped operating all 128 Boeing 777s equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines.
Specifically, the targets include 69 units that have been put into operation so far and 59 units that have stopped operation since early due to a decrease in travel demand.
Accordingly, it is predicted that the retirement of the old 777 could be accelerated.
Already, Delta Air Lines (DAL) announced in May last year that all 18 777s will soon be discontinued.
Eight of them have been used for only 10 years, and the service period is relatively short.
It’s not just the 737 Max and 777 that are bothering Boeing.
Boeing has already said it will shut down its 787 plant in Washington State within a few months because of the decline in demand.
The company is expected to produce five 787 Dreamliners, two 777s or 777Xs a month, which is half the level before the Corona 19 pandemic (a global pandemic).
The 787 Dreamliner is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), especially for manufacturing defects found at the end of last year in other parts.
The 777X, Boeing’s newest airliner, is expected to be difficult to first produce before 2023 as production of the 777X is delayed due to GE engine problems and reduced demand.
A more fundamental difficulty for Boeing is that, as COVID-19 has reduced long-distance international travel, demand for large’widebody’ aircraft with a wide twin aisle fuselage has decreased.
Boeing has an edge in the double-aisle airliner market, while its rival Airbus has a strength in single-aisle aircraft.
Double-passage passenger planes are mainly used for international flights, and as each country has imposed restrictions on entry due to Corona 19, it is expected that demand for international passengers will not recover for the time being.
In addition, even before the pandemic, airlines are putting more and more single-passage passenger planes on more routes than double-passage.
(New York Reuters = Yonhap News) A local media reported on the 27th (local time) that Boeing, an American aircraft manufacturer, recorded a net loss of $1.94 billion (about 13.2 trillion won), the largest ever last year. Boeing’s worst performance was because the 737 Max aircraft, which crashed one after another, was suspended for a long time, and demand for airliners dropped sharply due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The photo shows Boeing’s logo on the display of the New York Stock Exchange on August 7, 2019. [email protected]
CNN Business said, “Boeing seemed to be breaking through the biggest challenge in history with the US authorities allowing the 737 Max to resume operations in 20 months and approving the Corona 19 vaccine at the end of last year.” “We were faced with a more long-term and serious problem of the risk of collapse.”
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