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U.S. Air Force Keeping Tabs on NTSB Investigation into 777 Engine Failure

U.S. Air Force Keeping Tabs on NTSB Investigation into 777 Engine Failure
The U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus tanker is equipped with PW4000-94 engines (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force said on Feb. 23 that Pratt & Whitney [RTX] has informed the service that the company does not believe that the in-flight failure of a PW4000-112 engine on a Boeing [BA] 777 airliner on Feb. 20 will have a downstream impact on the military service. About five minutes after taking off from Denver International Airport for a flight to Honolulu on Feb. 20, United Airlines Flight 328 had an uncontained engine failure on its starboard engine,…

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