airlines says it's removing all of the boeing 77 with the pratt and whitney. united airlines the only one removing them from operation. pete muntean, cnn, washington. >>> in japan the country is ordering the domestic airlines to stop operating all boeing p 777 planes. let's head straight to tokyo where we are tracking the latest developments. good to see you, blake. japan moving swiftly to halt 777 operations. what more are you learning about this? >> reporter: yeah, rosemary. the first country to act, perhaps the first domino to fall worldwide. it will be interesting to see how other countries react and if they follow suit. the japanese ministry of transport essentially declared all domestic airlines, the planes, the bowing 777s with that pratt and wyatt p w-4000 suspended indefinitely until they can move forward with further information as far as safety concerns and other measures that will potentially save lives here. a very similar situation that happened just over the weekend in denver. so at this point japan airlines, nippon airways, they have 19 and 13

pratt: my name is phineas pratt. most persons here, they call me just pratt, because i was the first pratt, whereas my brother is here now, and his name is joshua. that is according to themselves. for most unwed men, they are by and large referred to by their surname. because i was the first pratt, henceforth i will always be pratt, and he will be joshua, i suppose. >> what was it like coming over? pratt: i came over on a ship, a fishing vessel a smaller one. ,it was called the sparrow a , smaller vessel than what brought over the other persons. i arrived at a code, -- at a cove, not directly here. it was not so turbulent because we were arriving ahead of the summer. so, that is a fair time to sail. whereas i hear the persons that arrived here, they encountered sundry and diverse storms along the way, pilate storms i hear, for they were heading directly into the winter, whereas i and nine other men, we then took the sparrow again to new plymouth here. this is but a day with a strong wind, so that did not take long, a

. >> my name is phineas pratt. they call me pratt. i was the first. my brother is here now and his name is joshua. that is according to themselves. for most unwed men, they are referred to by their surname. i was the first pratt and he will be joshua. >> what was it like coming over? >> i came over on a ship, a fishing vessel. a smaller one. it was called the sparrow. a smaller vessel than what brought over the other persons. not directly here. it was not so turbulent because we were arriving ahead of the summer. so, that is a fair time to sail. whereas i hear the persons that arrived here, they encountered century and divers -- diverse storms along the way. they were heading directly into the winter. whereas i and nine other men, we took the sparrow to new plymouth. it is but a day with a strong wind, that did not take long, and we rendezvoused with two other ships. we were the advance party. an expedition sent to establish a separate plantation in the bay of the massachusetts. that failed miserably. [laughter] >> how did you end up here? >> well, we

this is a pratt and whitney issue. it's not a boeing issue, although it's on a boeing arrow plane and we all call it the boeing 777 engine. it's a pratt and whitney issue and they need to step up very robustly to fix up this engine for their customer airlines. and move forward and get the airplane back in the air. it's the backbone of international airlines and travel across the globe. it has an excellent reputation for reliability and safety. so, yes, it is a black eye for boeing right now. they don't need another black eye, but it is a pratt and whitney issue. >> that was jeffrey thomas, editor in chief of airline ratings.com talking to me. >>> texans are waking up to warmer weather this week, but the massive disruption caused by winter storms hasn't let up. this hour they're working on it. governor abbott expects power to be fully restored today. that's leaving many to clean up the damage on their own. cnn's natasha chen. >> we lost power on sunday night and we got it back wednesday. things have defrosted enough tha

. >> my name is phineas pratt. they call me pratt. i was the first pratt. whereas my brother here now, his name is joshua. he is a person was been here for some time. most unwed men by and large are referred to by their surname. because i was the first pratt, thenceforth i will always be pratt, and he will be joshua, i suppose. >> what was it like coming over? >> i came over on a fishing vessel. a smaller one. called the sparrow. smaller than other vessels which took other persons. i arrived at a cove. not directly here. it was not so turbulent or we were arriving ahead of the summer. that was a fair time to sail. whereas i hear the people who arrived here encountered storms along the way, violent storms i hear. they were heading directly into the winter. whereas i and nine other men, we then took the sparrow again to new plymouth here. it is but a day with strong wind , so it did not take long and then we rendezvous with two other shifts. -- two other ships. an expedition was sent to establish a separate plantation in massachusetts. that failed miserably.

. >> my name is phineas pratt, most persons around here just call me pratt, to i was the first pratt. whereas my brother is here now. his name is joshua, according to their selves, the persons who have been here for some time. for most unwed men, by and large, they are referred to by their surname. because i was the first pratt, heretofore i will be pratt, whereas he will be joshua, i suppose. >> what was it like coming over? >> i came over on a ship, a fishing vessel, a smaller one called the sparrow, smaller than other vessels which brought other persons. so on that arrived at dem ril's cove, so not directly here. it wasn't so turbulent for we were arriving ahead of the summer. so that is a fair time to sail. whereas, i hear the other persons who arrived here, they encountered storms along the way, violent storms i hear, for they were heading directly into the winter. whereas i and nine other men, we took the sparrow again to new plymouth here. it is but a day with a strong wind. so that did not take long. then we rendezvoused with two other ships. we were the advanced party of an e

but combined with those engines, the pratt and whitney pw 4,000. these are the engines that are now under the international spotlight, and while they are only in service powering the 777 in the united states with united airlines but in south korea and japan, also. we anywaknow they have had to c forward and reassure the aviation world, that they will be keeping a very close eye on this investigation playing an active role because this was a dramatic incident. we have the inlet, which is that outer, silver ring of the engine, totally separate from the engine, itself, coming down into suburbs around denver. of course, it's being reported a lot as if it were debris and some of it was debris. but actually, these were large, major aircraft parts falling from the sky, from the engines. and it's -- it's shaken not only airline customers who are operating these aircraft. but also, the wider-aviation community and the public, given that boeing can't seem to catch a break right now with the headlines. >> yeah. and i mean, absolutely. and also, if you were wo

so right now it's a limited group of aircraft and pratt & whitney engines. the question is, though, you had that 747 yesterday, pw4000 series. i'm not exactly sure which particular model number it was. is there something broader here in the pw4000 series which is an awful lot of engines out there flying around 2,500 or so. so this could get broader as this process continues. the bottom line is, pamela, it's very time consuming and very expensive. and in many cases extremely difficult to inspect these blades for minute cracks on the inside that can cause these kinds of failures. >> so then that raises the question about the time line, right? how long will this take and at what point will they make those critical decisions to continue to ground the planes or not. so a lot of unanswered questions. miles o'brien, peter golds, thank you so much. >>> and we have new stunning details about the capitol insurrection, while an alleged leader of the fringe oath keepers group says she met with the secret service and was only there to provide security. congresswoman debb

united airlines have temporarily removed all 24 planes with pratt whitney 4000 engines from its fleet. it's a specific type of boeing plane with a specific type of pratt whitney engine, they will be grounded. japan and south korea have done the same. this comes after the engine of a united airlines plane carrying 241 people exploded saturday shortly after takeoff. the jet landed safely, but not before scattering debris across colorado. take a look at this. >> so what went wrong? this morning, we have new reporting about what investigators are finding and we'll speak live with a passenger who was on that flight. >> meantime, it was a big week for the biden administration and congress. a house committee, of course, voting today to advance president biden's $1.9 trillion relief bill. and as you see on the calendar to a full vote in the house is expected this week. there are also confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee merrick garland. those begin today. but all of this as the u.s. is on the brink of surpassing 500,000 deaths from coronavirus. a sobering milestone. one presiden

united airlines temporarily removed all 24 with pratt and whitney 4,000 engines from its fleet. the engine on the united plane exploded saturday. it landed safely with 200 passenger on board, not before scattering debris over neighborhoods. watch this. this really is remarkable. this morning, we have new reporting of what investigators are learning. >> meantime, on capitol hill, it is a consequential week for the biden administration. today a house committee will vote to advance a covid relief bill. also, confirmation for merritt garland begins in the next hour. all of this as the united states is on the brink of surpassing 500,000 lives lost to coronavirus. president biden is planning to lon nor the americans killed by the pandemic with a moment of silence and a candlelight vigil outside the white house tonight. let's begin our coverage with dan simons with the latest on the fallout in the investigation into what happened on that united flight saturday afternoon. dan. >> reporter: good morning, erica. well, the ntsb says the likely culprit appears to be a fractured fan blade th

brooke: not pratt & whitney, actually.ratt & whitney, these engines have been phased out, and boeing went into an exclusive contract ge in 1999. although the newer wide-body model--all of the newer wide-body models have ge engines. in terms of the long-term implications, you cannot get away from the fact that these images are terrible and they are very jarring. but i don't know if it will have a far-reaching consequences for the aviation industry. even for pratt, if these engines for some reason don't fly again, that cuts a lucrative source of after-market revenue, but they're almost as many of these 770 models grounded right now in storage then there were flying because the pandemic. it is just not really in style planes have right now. huge poking aircraft that are typically used on longer-range international flights. we are not taking many of those right now. guy: certainly that is true. bloomberg opinion's brooke sutherland. u-boat aircraft onto the engine, not the other way around. we will talk about what is going on

and i can explain the pratt and whitney move in just a moment, but let's go through this because fox busied just learn that a preliminary investigation from the ntsb is after underway, pretty quick, they want the find out what happened to the boeing aircraft's engine which exploded, if you will, blew up. investigators just releasing initial findings, it was damaged from a fan blade is what the ntsb is just now reporting. flying from denver to honolulu when the right engine burst into flames. liz, passengers were shocked and they were scared. >> there was a loud explosion. shook the plane, and we started, like, dropping down. like, you could feel, like, going down in an elevator. it was like a quick drop. plane started shaking, and we knew something major happened. cheryl: so all 229 passengers and 10 cree members not -- crew members not injuredded. boeing moved quickly to get the specific 777 gents out of the air -- jets out of the air equipped with that pratt and whitney 4000 engine. saying we recommend suspending operations of the 49n service and 59 -- 69n service powered by the pr

julian: well, it's the reputation of pratt & whitney, because these 777's, they either have the pratt whitney engine. this is theitrademark, i can show it to you here, and it says on it, dependable engines. so i am afraid they e going to have to change that. or you could have the option of rolls-royce engines. now, u.k. airlines do have these aircraft, but they are fitted with rolls-royce, and the rolls-royce-powered version of the aircraft is not grounded. so, i should say that the u.k. has also excluded this particular aircrt, or itscent the investigations are complete. so, it's quite a thing. it's going be a major investigation. already the black boxes, that is the flight data voice recorders, have been recovered, and they have been taken to a laborory in washington, and they are going to be decoded. and so, you'll find that throughout the world that everybodis checking these aircraft very closely. brent: we understand over the weekend there was a similar incident with the same type ofe netherlands. i mean, it's rather bizarre that you could have this type of accident happen the sa

>> i think at this point, it points to a more pratt & whitney issue.ther 737 max crisis. this particular model that united has been flying debuted in 1995, so these planes have been around for a while. there are bigger, structural issues, if there had been, they would have been unearthed by now. everything points to that. there is sort of a knee-jerk reaction when there is an aviation issue to think about, oh, is it something to do with boeing? i think that does reflect on the company and the challenges it has had in the past years and the work to rebuild their reputation. >> so what are the ramifications for pratt & whitney and perhaps even for raytheon, which owns the company? >> it is somewhat longer term, because pratt & whitney no longer makes the engine for the 777. they had a contract in 1999. these are older. they make money on maintenance, service work. so if these repairs prove particular costly, i think you have to start to wonder if it is an accelerated retirement for these aircraft. as of today, there is almost as many of these planes with

pratt and whitney is the one who builds the engine. >> all of a sudden there was a loud sound and it got really bad. i thought lightning struck the plane at first. >> we looked at each other, my wife and i, held hands and just wished our kids we would see them again. >> reporter: concerns heightened by a second incident. another boeing jet caught fire. they ordered all domestic flights grounded. >> questions have already been raised how jets will be returned aviation correspondent pete muntean has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: christine, laura, we're getting the biggest window into what may have caused the dramatic in flight failure. >> mayday, mayday, united air 28. united 328 heavy mayday, mayday. aircraft -- >> 328. >> yeah. denver departure 328 heavy mayday. aircraft just experienced engine failure. need to return immediately. >> reporter: a fan blade inside the right hand engine broke off, took out another fan blade and investigators were able to find parts of those blades inside the inner containment ring of the jet engine. investigators are piecing this altoget

so do we have a systemic problem with pratt & whitney? i don't think so, i haven't seen evidence that. what i do see is there needs to be tightening up on how the inspections are done, particularly repairs on the blades. >> that does seem to be a consistent refrain we are hearing from all our analysts and experts. david and mary, appreciate your expertise and insight. thank you. >> thank you. >> just ahead, he has waited five years for confirmation hearing. so what exactly can we expect to hear from attorney general nominee merrick garland tomorrow in his opening statement? that's next. you're live in the cnn newsroom. this is us talking tax-smart investing, managing risk, and all the ways schwab can help me invest. this is andy reminding me how i can keep my investing costs low and that there's no fee to work with him. here's me learning about schwab's satisfaction guarantee. accountability, i like it. so, yeah. andy and i made a good plan. find your own andy at schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. we made usaa insurance for b

then you get a job at pratt and whitney or boeing making $250,000. overseeing your potential boss. how do you keep a system like that from going off the rails? >> you hire ethical people and train them well. government surface is a great surface and a career that i encourage everyone to consider. it's an honor to serve our country and an honor to keep our skies safe. that shouldn't be compromised for money. >> martha: before i let you go, let's talk about the plane. we know it's a 777. but the pratt whitney engine, the initial focus is on the blades here. could have been birds. is it too early to speculate? you probably don't want to. but help us understand this as an audience that can't wait to get back on planes hoping they'll be safe. >> this is a little unusual, charles. there's two federal regulations that come in to play. one involving the blade, blades and the other involving the cowling. they're of equal concern. you saw what the cowling did to that truck and the front yard of that house. so we need a focus and core operation so the inspectio

investments as the stock turns negative on the year >>> and emergency order from the faa over those pratt and whitney engines that led to incredible engine fire aboard that boeing 777 jet, and more fallout in texas after the state's week long energy crisis this morning, a mass exodus of the executives once in charge of the lone star energy grilled. >>> and c suite for one of gamestop's executive after the reddit frenzy. it's february 24, 2021, and you're watching "worldwide exchange" right here on cnbc ♪ >>> top of the morning to you, i am dominic chu in for brian sullivan today, and right now, we are seeing shades of green pretty much across the board the s&p implied higher by rou roughly 8 points, dow jones by 45, and the nasdaq up by 46 points implied at the opening bell this is, yes, modest, but well off the lows of the session. the nasdaq futures at one point were roughly 150 to 170 points lower than where they are right now. keep an eye on those futures as we head toward the opening bell. the dow coming off a wild session falling more than 360 points in early trading before wiping o

after takeoff saturday, the company is temporarily removing all 24 of its boeing 777 airlines with pratt & whitney p-24 engines from service out of an abundance of caution. >> 32 heavy mayday, just experienced engine failure, need to return immediately. >> a united pilot making a mayday call on the flight headed from denver to honolulu, as passengered watched the right engine fire off flames and pieces of the plane falling off. >> i could see some smoke coming. and you just know something's wrong, something's not right. >> all of a sudden, there's a big explosion out my window. my wife and i held hands and just wished our kids, we would see them again. >> oh, my god. >> hang on one second. we're getting blown up with 911 calls. >> reporter: on the ground, the engine malfunction sending a train of debris raining down into suburban neighborhoods. >> i looked up and as i'm looking at it, we actually see fire burst out of the plane, an explosion. >> so kind of in shock at first. and then you start thinking, oh, my gosh, is this plane going to go down? >> reporter: this gigantic piece of meta

boeing is mending that all its 777 planes using the same pratt and whitney engine be grounded across the globe. and looking at that video, it is shocking that no one was hurt. the national transportation safety board as always is leading this investigation. anne-marie? >> wow. debra alfarone in washington. thanks a lot. >>> the family of an 11-year-old boy who died during last week's storm in texas is suing the state's power providers for $200 million. the wrongful death suit targets entergy and ercot. the boy died tuesday and his mother suspects he suffered hypothermia after a brutally cold night without power inside their mobile home. she says the utility giants put profits over people's welfare by ignoring previous recommendations to winterize its power grid. entergy and ercot say they're unable to comment due to pending litigation. >>> texas governor greg abbott says that power should be restored later today to everyone in the state. food distribution centers were set up across texas over the weekend, and volunteers handed out fruit and water to help people who are still sufferin

it's the third time blades have broken off pratt & whitney engines on a boeing 777.n 2018, a cracked fan blade on another united 777 also caused an engine failure. that plane landed safely in honolulu in december, it happened on a japan airlines 777 engine maker pratt & whitney says it is cooperating with investigators. >> it makes it more suspect from the standpoint of the commonality. all three of these events involved a hollow titanium fan blade breaking, for some reason. >> reporter: metal cracks that aren't caught during routine inspections can be catastrophic. three years ago 43-year-old jennifer riordan was killed when a different engine on a southwest 737 exploded in flight, shattering her window and pulling her from her seat. in 1989, 112 people were killed when united flight 232 crash landed in sioux city, iowa metal fatigue caused a fan disc to rip apart, tearing through the plane's hydraulics lines officials are reviewing the black boxes from saturday's flight the faa is ordering inspections for all grounded 777s using the same pratt & whitney engines are

of the engines, rolls-royce and general electric and pratt & whitney. we'll get to our bitcoin check du juour smashing more records over the weekend, topping $58,000 some major cryptos this morning -- that's interesting. we'll start showing you more than -- we don't want to be -- just single out bitcoin. elon musk questioning the price of bitcoin after its market value surpassed $1 trillion on friday musk tweeting over the weekend, the prices of bitcoin and ether do seem high, lol. oh, that's his lol i was saying -- oh, no that's his lol but if you want to add an lol or don't add an lol to that that was friday i think when he did it or friday night it's down this morning, as you can see and it's actually come back a little bit. he didn't say that late last night. it held above 57 or 58 after he said that so i don't know what you necessarily attribute this morning's move to. it made such an incredibly ridiculous move over the past month or so. earlier this month h tesla announced it bought $1.5 billion in the crypto, and revealed it plans to accept it as

will focus on engine manufacturer pratt and pratt and whitney and the process. but the conclusion many have already reached is that, when trouble hit, it was the well-trained pilots on united 328, norah, who saved lives. > >> o'donnell: thank goodness for those pilots, errol barnett, thank you so much. >> reporter: yes. >> o'donnell: we turn to the aftermath of the devastating storms that killed at least 55 people across more than half a dozen states. more than half died in texas, where a new crisis has emerged: expensive electricity bills. here's cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: tonight, texans stuck with sky high electric bills. like megan o'neill, a new mom experiencing sticker shock. >> i'm crying in bed going, "i don't know what we're going to do." >> reporter: she was using gritty for her electricity, a le ratmpany that r.knatld go .last week >> i did. >> i killed because they fluctuate every day. some days it's 35 cents, but some dates it's 35 cents, some days 98 cents. i didn't think it would be $1,400 a day. i didn't even know that that was possible. >

equipped with certain pratt and whitney pw 4000 agents, there was a loud explosion. um village took the plane and we started. like dropping down on saturday, february 20th united flight 3 28 headed to honolulu, hawaii, had just taken off from denver international airport when the pilot made a mayday call. the right engine was failing him. put your wallet in your pants and your phone because if this blows up. wanna you know, i want to be identified. it safely returned and no. one on board or on the ground was hurt less than 24. hours after the incident, united airlines tweeting we are voluntarily and temporarily removing 24 boeing 7 77 aircraft powered by pratt and whitney 4000 series engines from our schedule, authorities are still investi the exact cause of flight 3 28 engine failure. boeing releasing a statement saying it recommends spending operations of its 69 in service and 59 in storage. 7 70 sevens with the same type of vengeance involved in the denver incident. sal gee and grasso, fox two news. the news from the faa comes as japan ordered its domestic airline

. >> reporter: overnight, pratt and whitney said they're working with investigation. an ntsb found that inspector training problems where the probable cause of a general gin problem, that flight also landed safely. the company said itctions that addressed the cause of the event as result of the investigation. according to faa the united airlines is the only airline with engine in its fleet. >>> similar mid-air scare played out in the netherlands. this time a cargo plane headed to new york, forcing the pilot to land in belgium. two people injured and homes and cars were damaged as debris fell. >>> the u.s. death toll from the coronavirus is dppt expected to top 500,000 people today. cases are down sharply. dr. fauci says we may have to wear masks through next year. we have the latest. thank you so much for joining us. >> good morning. 500,000 deaths. it is a grave number. this morning, dr. fauci warning americans the fight to return to normal is far from over. it's an unforgettable milestone. the united states approaching 500,000 deaths. >> it's something that is stunn

lab in connecticut where pratt & whitney is coordinating with regulators. the ntsb says the agency will compare saturday's incident to other emergencies in the past which have involved that same model engine. >> we are in the business of determining probable cause. we do not determine liability. we want to find out what happened so that we can issue recommendations to keep it from happening again. >> united airlines has ground its other boeing 777s with the same engine. the faa has ordered more inspections. >>> a delta flight from atlanta to seattle had to make an emergency landing in utah last night after reports of possible engine trouble. it is the third engine related issue on a boeing plane in three days. this time it was a boeing 757. the problem was described as a mechanical issue. >>> we turn now to the pandemic and new research on re-opening schools and the risk teachers may pose to students. also this morning, new details about johnson & johnson's single dose vaccine, which could win emergency approval friday. abc's ike ejiochi is here now with th

has led to the grounding of some boeing 777 aircraft around the globe large pieces of the plane's pratt and whitney p w 4000 engine fell over the suburbs of denver colorado shortly after takeoff the plane landed safely and no one was hurt but u.s. regulators quickly stepped in to investigate and on sunday the federal aviation administration issued an emergency directive calling for stepped up inspections focusing on the engines fan blades united announced it would voluntarily and temporarily remove $24.00 of its $77.00 seventh's for muse saying safety was their highest priority it has another $28.00 of the planes in storage it's yet another setback for boeing the u.s. aerospace manufacturers $737.00 max only recently returned to flight after being grounded for 20 months due to 2 paid all crashes in less than a year and more trouble for united which like other airlines has seen a drastic reduction in travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic. other than united airlines in the united states the f.a.a. says the pratt and whitney engines are only used in south korea and japan the investigat

well the emergency directive does call for stepped up inspections of these pratt and whitney engines there the p w 4000 model and apparently only boeing 770 seven's have this and this is likely to mean that flights will be cancelled planes will be grounded as you said united has already announced that $24.00 of these planes will be grounded it has another $28.00 already in storage. they are saying this will only cause minor disruptions for passengers but the whole situation is still being reviewed by the federal aviation administration along with pratt and whitney and boeing they're working on the details and notifying civil aviation authorities so that other carriers know that this could be a problem but on the plus side just to recap for us christine what happened yesterday as you're talking to us we're looking at some of that amateur video filmed from inside the aircraft and there's the big frontal back room from the engine that landed in somebodies front yard the reality is that the flight deck on that plane the pilot the copilot they played an absolute blinder here because they

boeing suspending all 777s powered by the pratt and whitney engine that blew up on the flight.we recommend suspending operations of the 777s powered by pratt and whitney engines until the faa identifies the appropriate inspection product come. united taking drastic measures to ensure the safety of its planes. we've been in touch with regulators at the ntsb and faa and will continue to work closely with them to determine any additional steps that are needed to ensure the aircraft meet our rigorous safety standards. another mishap is under investigation in europe. a freight plane had an engine failure just after takeoff on the same day as flight 328. also resulting in debris being scattered all over neighborhoods. two people were injured, were slightly injured, that is, one was hospitalized. that plane also fitted with a pratt and whitney engine, but a different model than the one on flight 328. coming up, we'll hear from a man who found part of the plane's engine outside his home. todd, jillian. todd: can't wait to hear from that guy. unbelievable. marianne, thank you. >> thank

this is a pratt and whitney it account fly three hours range away from land. it's that reliable. and the certification processes are very, very rigorous. even throwing things like turkeys through the fan placed. dead turkeys. frozen things. it really is a very strong and stout engine. but we have seen a very big failure here. and there needs to be answers. >> and we'll have to see if they end up grounding of the boeing 777 planes or try to figure out what the deal was with the engine. there is a lot to -- for investigators to sort through as they look at this debris you see on the screen right here and investigate what happened. mary skeeveo. myles o'brien, pete muntean, thank you very much. >>> it's been a week since the senate acquitted donald trump for his alleged role in the deadly insurrection that jeopardized his own vice-president. and when we come back, i'll speak to mike pence's former chief of staff, mark short. stay with us. is this where our family is from? what about here? here? here? daddy, is that where we're from? well, actually... we're from a lot of places. you

& whitney engine and also united airlines itself suffered triple 7 pratt& whitney engine, exactly theame event occurred between san francisco and honolulu in february 2018. so while it's a rare owe returns we have had three involving a 777 and pratt& whitney engine in the last three years. >> we should emphasize we don't know for sure what happened but what does suggest to you that it was that fan played failure. >> to do that much damage to the engine it would need to be a major failure of a component on a massive ingestion of something, but typically it's -- typically it's a fan blade. it could also have been where the intake is for the engine, part of the paneling there could have come away and been ingested into the engine. so at this stage it is, as you suggest, speculation. we're going on what's previously happened in two previous events as a likely scenario, but it will be quite some time before the crash investigators, the ntsb, are able to give us more detail of exactly what happened. >> i mean, something like that it must affect the controllability of the aircraft. what's th

a spokesperson says two fan blades damaged the pratt and whitney engine jeff gazetti, former ntsb and faa air safety manager, president of gazetti air rescue. should they consider grounding anymore planes beyond the 777s >> no, i don't think so, shep. you need to ground airplanes where you know you have a potential hazard i think the faa is doing a good job in corralling the universe of airplanes that need to be grounded here. >> investigators are taking a look at what happened, obviously. how much scrutiny falls on pratt and whitney, which actually made the engine, versus boeing which manufactured the full jet? >> well, i think they're probably going to have to split the difference 50/50 we know that a fan blade liberated itself from this engine and that's definitely an engine manufacturer component, but the cowling, inlet and fan around it, that's a boeing product. those items shouldn't have departed either. they're both going to be splitting the baby for that one. >> these really aren't the only boeing jets, as everybody likesllikes likely knows has had problems. does this speak to

-- if there's one, it would be limited to the pratt and whitney engines.appreciate that, but what are you looking for, what kind of pattern do you hope to see or at least try to isolate? >> well, a big finding the investigation so far is the identification of the fracture and identifying that as metal fatigue. as of today, we identified the initiation point where it occurred. so that is a good start. meanwhile, as you know, the faa has issued an emergency air worthiness directive to ground those airplanes with these engines until a detailed, very comprehensive inspection can be carried out. that eliminates the immediate threat right now. >> neil: did you have, robert, only so much you can share and i understand and appreciate that, of any prior incidents, nothing of this magnitude that would make you start connecting dots? >> well, there has been. in june, we completed an investigation of another 777 with the same engine type. it was going to hawaii a few years ago. so we completed our investigation of that. it was a situation where a fan blade fractured a

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. >> the engine type in question on these 777s is made by the company pratt and whitney.ok here. experts are now pointing to this video showing that fan blade broke in half. they say the other piece of that fan blade holds the key to finding out what happened here. reggie? >> thank you. >>> it's too early to know exactly what happened over denver but saturday's issue is reminiscent united had on a flight from san francisco to honolulu in 2018. this 777 powered by the same engine type, a fan blade broke off over the pacific and parts fell into the ocean. no one got hurt. that flight did land safely. the ntsb ruled inspectors from pratt and whitney failed to spot weaknesses in a faulty fan blade during two separate inspections. >>> yesterday pieces of a boeing 747 cargo plane broke off and fell on to a town in the netherlands. two people got hurt. one was an elderly woman who had to be taken to the hospital with a head injury. the metal chunks of this new york bound plane also hit several cars and houses. investigators there say this started as an engine fire as well. what

has led to the grounding of some boeing 777 aircraft around the globe large pieces of the plane's pratt and whitney p w 4010 fell over the suburbs of denver colorado shortly after take off the plane landed safely and no one was hurt but u.s. regulators quickly stepped in to investigate and on sunday the federal aviation administration issued an emergency directive calling for. stepped up inspections focusing on the engines fan blades united announced it would voluntarily and temporarily remove $24.00 of its 777 from use saying safety was their highest priority has another $28.00 of the planes in storage it's yet another setback for boeing the u.s. aerospace manufacturers $737.00 max only recently returned to light after being grounded for 20 months due to 2 pedo crashes in less than a year and more trouble for united which like other airlines has seen a drastic reduction in travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic. other than united airlines in the united states the f.a.a. says the pratt and whitney engines are only used in south korea and japan the investigation is continuing kristen

older models and that includes the 26 year old united plane all of the boeing 777200 in question have pratt and whitney p.w. 4000 engines boeing has delivered 6900 of the planes. japanese authorities have now issued a flight ban as a precaution affecting japan airlines and only pon airways this is not been the 1st problem with the boeing triple 7200 on december 4th there was a similar engine failure. and before we go we have some new footage of last week's spectacular loudy to show you as maass rover perseverance type star of the red planet after traveling nearly 500000000 kilometers its mission to look for signs of life at the low. a 1st look after a nearly 500000000 kilometer journey to subsonic speeds and that he has been separated the removal of the heat shield that was preceded by the opening of the perseverance his parachute the planet's rust colored terrain drew ever closer and after a few times minutes the 7 month wait was finally over i. had confirmed that are there. ready for began picking up dams and perhaps by perseverance will gather rock and soil samples but images like these

headlines, the faa saying it's ordering immediate inspections of boeing 777 jets, equipped with the prattlure on a united flight over the weekend we saw those viral images. faa administrator steven dickson is going to join us live this morning at 7:20 eastern time to talk all about this. becky? >> thanks, andrew. >>> when we come back, the u.s. black chamber of commerce president ron busby is going to join us to talk about the recovery for small businesses, the fight to raise minimum wage, and more. >>> right now, though, as we head to a breaker take a look at the biggest gainers, the index fell deep in the red yesterday, down by 3.9% it reversed most of those losses, though closed down by just 1/2 a percentage point we'll be right bk.ac >>> welcome back, everybody. the debate over raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour isn't an easy one. the senate and house democrats are split over its inclusion in president biden's $1.9 trillion relief package some republicans now propose a new plan for a $10 minimum wage. opponents are arguing that it will force small businesses to shed workers suppo

>> reporter: jake, the pratt & whitney 4000 engine could have more inspection in an emergency order thatre is the fan blades, the parts swirling around in front of the engine, 4,000 rpm, very high speed under incredible stress. we're told they're hard to inspect. many times nicks and cracks cannot be found by the naked eye. what's so interesting to ntsb investigators that they found yesterday a fan blade broken at the base, another one broken within the confined ring of the jet engine. this is a really significant finding, jake, and it could be a big window into what could have led to this very dramatic failure. >> pete muntean in denver, colorado, thanks so much. a reminder, don't forget to join me and the cnn family as we mourn the half a million americans who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. that's at 11:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the news on cnn continues now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're following breaking news. the united states only mom

the directive effectively grounds all boeing 777 200 planes that use the pratt & whitney engines. >>>of the hour. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin, and we begin today with really just great news in this country's vaccination efforts. the fda says johnson & johnson's covid-19 single shot means the requirements for emergency use authorization are a go. if that happens, that will be the third vaccine to be distributed in the u.s. and the drug giant just released new data that indicates that this could prevent the spread of asymptomatic infections as well which we know has been a huge factor in how far-reaching covid has become. a source tells cnn that president biden's coronavirus advisers belief roughly 2 million johnson & johnson doses will be available next week pending that authorization. >>> also today, new information on golf legend tiger woods and th c

they recommended suspending operations of the 777s powered by pratt and whitney engines until the faantifies the appropriate inspection protocol. united taking drastic measures, quote, we've been in touch with regulators and will continue to work closely with them to determine any additional steps that are needed to ensure these aircraft meet our rigorous safety standards and can return to service. another aviation mishap is under investigation, this time in europe, a dutch 747 freight plane had an engine failure just after takeoff on the same day as flight 328, also resulting in debris being scattered over neighborhoods. two people were slightly injured. one was hospitalized. the plane also filthed with a t pratt and whitney engine, but a different model than the one on flight 328. airlines in he three countries operate aircraft with the affected engine, the u.s., south korea and japan and japan has grounded its fleet of boeing 777's for safety inspections. todd: it's an understatement to say we have lots of questions. hopefully some of them answered. jillian: today, the house budget

on the 777, on the pratt & whitney 4000, they weigh roughly 400 pounds.cular to the cord, perpendicular to the leading edge of the blade, so about this much blade was propelled backward into the engine and impacted more blades which essentially destroyed the engine. now, if you look at this engine carefully and you look at other jet engines, you'll see, brianna, there is a belt here. you see this light green coating? this is an armored belt and that keeps a broken blade from penetrating into the fuselage and killing people. so you'll see that this armor plating or this blade, this protective area, in virtually all jet engines. >> how does that happen? look, i know the fan blades are much larger on this engine that we're talking about on that 777, but how does a titanium fan blade break like that? >> brianna, these engines are flown for 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50,000 hours. typically the inspection requirements are to replace the part on condition. that means as long as it looks okay, we're going to keep on using it, okay? the problem is the system is breaking

the ntsb working along with pratt & whitney and boeing and united airlines are all looking at a couplehings in particular one, the damaged engine on the plane after it turned around and landed at denver international airport after having an uncontained engine failure they are also going to be looking at the debris that was strewn over a wide area, a suburb of denver because they have those pieces, this will allow them to quickly say, okay, what went wrong what do we think went wrong? a part is looking at the flight data recorder which is being analyzed at the ntsb offices in washington you put all of that together and what you have is an investigation that should come to some fairly quick conclusions if you will, at least initially in terms of what caused this uncontained engine failure was it fan blade fatigue was it lack of inspections being done they will be able to zero in on this relatively quickly. the reference that i would make, everybody, to follow is what happened with southwest airlines when it had an uncontained engine failure it didn't take long for them to zero in on what

. >> boeing says it is suspending operations of all its 777s with this engine called a pratt & whitneyshortly after it left the airport. >> departure heavy may day. aircraft experienced engine failure. need to return immediately. >> 231 passengers and 10 crew members were on the flight. some watching the fire in the engine and pieces break away and while it was scary, no one was injured. the engine failure happened over a denver suburb where metal came raining from the sky. >> you could feel the heat from it. so immediately we knew something bad had happened. >> it was all of a sudden a lot of turbulence and then a really bright kind of bang and flash. >> no one was injured by the falling debris and the ntsb is on the ground investigating. faa administrator says he consulted with his safety team saying i have directed them to issue an emergency air worthiness directive that would require immediate or stepped up inspections of boeing 777 airplanes equipped with certain pratt and whitney engines. this will likely mean some airplanes will be removed from service and look at this. also on