The FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring U.S. operators of airplanes equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines to inspect these engines before further flight.
Operations of some Boeing 777 planes have been suspended after United Airlines Flight 328, a 777-200 powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine, experienced a right engine failure shortly after takeoff from Denver.
WestJet will halt flights to St. John's, London, Lloydminster and Medicine Hat until June 24.
A total of 566 commercial aircraft were delivered, compared to 863 aircraft in 2019.
A claim that the Boeing 737 Max remains inherently unstable — despite its problematic MCAS controls software having been rectified — has been dismissed as untrue by a senior Transport Canada official.
Production of the Dash 8-400 turboprop will pause once orders for the type this year are built. Roughly 500 employees are estimated to be affected.
