BC Tam 2 Report post Posted April 2, 2008 Sourced from here United grounds Boeing 777 fleet United Airlines has been forced to cancel flights after grounding its entire fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. United said that during a regular review of maintenance records it had discovered tests on a fire suppression system had not been thorough enough. The airline cancelled 31 of its 84 daily 777 flights on Wednesday and expects more cancellations on Thursday. United has been using other aircraft on the mainly long-haul routes as well as booking passengers onto other airlines. Coincidentally, the US House of Representatives will be holding a hearing about airline maintenance on Thursday. In recent weeks, American Airlines, Delta, Southwest and US Airways have all been forced to take aircraft out of service because of lapsed maintenance inspections. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that United's grounded planes were not linked to a clampdown it is currently having on safety inspections, which led to some of the other recent groundings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y. J. Foo 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2008 Whole T7 fleet grounded!?!? :blink: Not good for UA!! Will such ban be enforced worldwide just like what happened to DC-10s after AA191? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2008 Oh NO ! They have like what ? 51 B777-200/200ER ? Gotta cost a bomb to UA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
