A United Airlines Boeing 777 jet that suffered a catastrophic engine failure shortly after departing Denver International Airport, littering Colorado neighborhoods below with large pieces of debris, ...

Japan Airlines has brought forward the retirement its fleet of older Boeing 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines by a year, citing “no known report” to resume operations of the type. JAL on ...

Regulatory action mandated by international civil aviation authorities after the 20 February failure of a Pratt & Whitney PW4000 on a United Airlines Boeing 777 affect a relatively small proportion of ...

The Federal Aviation Administration issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive Tuesday night, ordering U.S. airlines to inspect any aircraft with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines. United ...

United Airlines said Tuesday it plans to resume flying the Boeing 777-200 planes equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines sometime "in the future." The announcement comes two months after United ...

Damage to a fan blade on an engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777 flight is consistent with metal fatigue, based on a preliminary assessment, the chairman of the U.S. air accident ...

East Hartford jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney saw its flagship product in the headlines this week after a midair explosion on a commercial flight last weekend. The explosion shortly after the takeoff ...