EgyptAir grounds 4 Boeing 777-200 aircraft after Colorado engine failure incident

EgyptAir announced Monday grounding four of its of its Boeing 777-200 aircraft, two days after a United plane of the same type had an engine failure over Colorado, United States. The Egyptian carrier said it would suspend the Boeing 777-200 aircraft equipped with the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines, the type of engine involved in the Denver incident. The US FAA Sunday urged "immediate or stepped-up inspections" of Boeing 777 aircraft with the same engine type. Boeing agreed with the decision and urged the temporary suspension of all of its 777 aircraft with that engine. EgyptAir said it would ground the four planes based on the recommendations of Boeing and the FAA, until the appropriate inspection protocol for the engines of this type is issued and implemented.<br/>