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United Airlines Grounds 2 Dozen Boeing 777 Aircrafts

On Sunday, United Airlines immediately removed 24 of its Boeing 777 airplanes from service out of an abundance of caution.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Only minutes into flight 328 from Denver to Honolulu, two of the engine’s fan blades were fractured and the front had come off.

On Sunday, United Airlines immediately removed 24 of its Boeing 777 airplanes from service out of an abundance of caution. Then Boeing itself said it was suspending operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage planes.

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