After Explosion, FAA Orders Engine Checks On Boeing's Pratt & Whitney Powered Planes - NPR

United Airlines Flight 328 approaching Denver International Airport, after experiencing "a right-engine failure" shortly after takeoff from Denver.

The FAA issued an order on Tuesday grounding all aircraft powered by the same Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engine until they've been inspected.

United Airlines Flight 328 approaching Denver International Airport, after experiencing "a right-engine failure" shortly after takeoff from Denver.

The FAA issued an order on Tuesday grounding all aircraft powered by the same Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engine until they've been inspected.

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered emergency inspections of Boeing 777 aircraft with engines like the one that exploded on a United Airlines jet last weekend.

The directive is effective immediately and comes just days after United Airlines flight 328 was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport when one of its engines blew apart due to a fan-blade failure.