FAA Records: United Flight 328 Plane Was Nearly 26 Years Old

CBS Denver

February 22, 2021

DENVER (CBS4) – Records from the Federal Aviation Administration show the plane involved in the United Airlines Flight 328 – in which an engine failed, plane parts fell from the sky, and an emergency landing was required – was manufactured in 1995, and was originally approved to fly in September 1995. This means the plane, a Boeing 777-222, was deemed air-worthy nearly 26 years ago.

Officials with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, the agency investigating Saturday’s incident, could not clarify if the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine that failed during the flight was the original engine from 1995, or if it was installed later on.

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