Another Boeing grounding..:

[brooklynite]

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[USALiberal]

1. Good plans! Air travel is extremely safe! Nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's the engines, not the airplane,

but people and the media will blame Boeing because they've never heard of Pratt & Whitney.

[msongs]

3. more correct to call it a pratt & whitney grounding. boeing does not make or maintain engines

[brooklynite]

5. This isn't like pulling into Pep Boys and replacing your tires...

...with whatever is on sale. Boeing chose to equip the 777line with Pratt & Whitney. The aircraft can’t be flown if the engines are considered a risk.

[NutmegYankee]

6. Many have Rolls Royce engines (which had their own issues and led to one crash)

Google British Airways Flight 38


Engines often are used across multiple plane types, and the Rolls issue also impacted an Airbus A300. It's normally left to airline preference.

[NutmegYankee]

4. I expect it will apply to any plane using those engines.

Airbus had to do the same with the A380 fleet after a Rolls Royce engine blew apart and shredded the wing of Qantas Flight 32.