The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has instructed domestic airlines to suspend the operation of passenger aircraft of the same type equipped with the same engine in response to the fall of engine parts from a passenger aircraft in the United States on the 21st of Japan time. ..
On the 21st of Japan time (20th of US local time), the engine of a flying passenger aircraft Boeing 777 was damaged and parts fell into a residential area in Colorado, western United States.
In response to this, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has instructed ANA, which owns 19 passenger aircraft of the same type equipped with the same engine, and Japan Airlines, which owns 13 aircraft, to suspend operations while considering the need for countermeasures. Did.
Since both companies operate on different aircraft, it does not affect the scheduled flights.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, a passenger plane of Japan Airlines that made an emergency landing at Naha Airport last December lost a part of the engine cover during the flight, and a hole of about 28 cm in the horizontal stabilizer. I was instructed to strengthen the inspection because of troubles such as swelling.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will continue to collect information from the US Federal Aviation Administration and others to consider necessary measures.