An engine failure on a United Airlines flight from Colorado to Hawaii that rained aircraft parts over suburban Denver on Saturday has thrust the Boeing 777, aircraft engine types and fan blades into ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring United Airlines to conduct "immediate or stepped-up inspections" of Boeing 777 airplanes with the same type of engine that failed Saturday in Colorado.

Boeing said Sunday it recommended the grounding of all 69 active Boeing 777 airplanes equipped with a particular engine model after one experienced engine failure and dropped debris over Colorado.

Inadequate inspections by Pratt & Whitney were partly responsible for a midflight breakdown of a jet engine that showered a Colorado town with metal 2½ years ago, aviation-safety authorities concluded ...