WE
WE BEGIN
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS. UNITED AIRLINES IS NOW TAKING
TWO DOZEN BOEING 777 AIRPLANES
OUT OF ITS SCHEDULE.
THIS AFTER YESTERDAY'S ENGINE
EXPLOSION OVER BROOMFIELDPD
WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES.
THE FAA ADMINISTRATOR HAS ALSO
ANNOUNCED A DIRECTIVE ORDERING
STEPPED UP INSPECTIONS
OF BOEING'S 777 AIRPLANES WITH
THE SAME KIND OF ENGINE THAT
FAILED YESTERDAY.
THIS DIRECTIVE COVERS ALL
TRIPLE SEVENS EQUIPPED WITH
PRATT AND WHITNEY W FOUR
THOUSAND ENGINES ADMINISTRATOR
STEVE DICKSON SAYS THAT MEANS
SOME AIRPLANES WILL BE REMOVED
FROM SERVICE STATEMENTS AS
BASED ON THE INITIAL
INVESTIGATION INTO THIS
INCIDENT.
THE FAA WANTS IMMEDIATE
THOROUGH INSPECTIONS FOR
THE HOLLOW FAN BLADES OF THOSE
ENGINES.
ALSO TODAY, JAPAN'S AVIATION
REGULATORS ASKED AIRLINES TO
AVOID USING THAT KIND OF PPLANE
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
UNITED SAYS ITS REMOVAL IS
TEMPORARY AND VOLUNTARY AND
IT'S STAYING IN TOUCH WITH
REGULATORS ABOUT ANY OTHER
SAFETY STEPS THAT MIGHT BE
NECESSARY.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO
THE NITTY GRITTY OF ALL OF THIS
WITH NEINAS AVIATION EXPERT
GREG FEITH IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE PICKING
UP AND CATALOGING DEBRIS ACROSS
ROOM FIELD TODAY AFTER PARTS
OF THAT PLANE FELL FROM THE SKY
THIS WEEKEND.
THE PIECES CAME FROM A FLIGHT
BOUND FOR HONOLULU SATURDAY
AFTERNOON ONE OF UNITED FLIGHT
THREE.
TWENTY EIGHT ENGINES FAILED
JUST MINUTES AFTER TAKING OFF
FROM DENVER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
REMAIN SEATED.
THANK YOU.
NOW THAT FLIGHT SAFELY RETURNED
TO DIA AND NO ONE WAS HURT IN
ANY OF THIS DERSE WERE DIVERTED
TO A DIFFERENT PLANE AND THOSE
WHO CHOSE TO CONTINUE THEIR
TRAVEL HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN
HAWAII.
THAT FLIGHT LANDED EARLY THIS
MORNING.
HOW HAVE YOU GUYS HERE ON
THE GROUND HERE VERY HAPPY AND
RELIEVED.
YES, IT'S A RELIEF FOR SURE.
I MEAN WE'RE ALL TIRED WE'RE
EXCITED TO GET TO HAWAII BUT
I WAS DEFINITELY RELIEF TO
FINALLY GET HERE AND AFTER
LIVING THROUGH THAT WILD
EXPERIENCE TOGETHER, SOME
OF THOSE PASSENGERS EMBRACED
EACH OTHER WHEN THEY FINALLY
GOT OFF THAT PLANE AND WAITED
FOR THEIR BAGS.
THE FAA AND THE NTSB ARE
INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED THAT
ENGINE TO FAIL.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
FROM THE GROUND.
THE FLIGHT TOOK OFF JUST AFTER
1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY.
BROOMFIELD POLICE SAY THEY
STARTED TO GET REPORTS OF FROM
RESIDENTS ABOUT PARTS RAINING
FROM THE SKY AROUND ONE ZERO
EIGHT.
THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY FLOODED
WITH NINE ONE ONE CALLS.
OH MY GOD.
YOU SAID YOU SAW ONE OF THEM IS
EBEEN ERALLY.
NO, I GO RIGHT OVER HERE, HAVE
A FEW MORE BECAUSE IT HIT THE I
LIKE SOME DEBRIS PARK.
A DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED IN
COMMINS PARK IN TWO DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S ABOUT A FOUR SQUARE MILE
AREA IS LIVE IN BROOMFIELD
TONIGHT.
SHE'S AT KLEMENTS PARK AND SHE
SPENT TODAY CHECKING IN WITH
NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA AND THAT
INCLUDES THE MAN WHO FOUND THAT
BIG PIECE OF THE PPLANE IN HIS
FRONT YARD YESTERDAY JUST 10
FEET FROM WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE
WERE SITTING IN THEIR LIVING
ROOM.
SO LORI , YESTERDAY WE SAW
PPLANE PARTS FALLING FROM
THE SKY.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN
BROOMFIELD TODAY?
WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S
ALL BEEN PRETTY CALM OUT HERE.
I MEAN FROM EVERYTHING WE COULD
OR REALLY COULDN'T SEE CLEANUP
HAPPEN QUICKLY.
THE LARGEST PIECES OF THE PLANE
AND DEBRIS WERE CLEANED UP BY
OFFICIALS LAST NIGHT IN THIS
MORNING STILL YOU CAN BET IT'S
ALL ANYONE OUT HERE CAN TALK
ABOUT THE BROOMFIELDPD PPLANE
SHOWER THAT AMAZINGLY LEFT NO
ONE HURT WHEN A BOEING 787
SEVEN TWO HUNDREDS RIGHT ENGINE
FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF IN
DENVER.
THESE WERE THE SIGHTS AND
SOUNDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM
THE AIR AND FROM THE GROUND.
SEE IS THE BIGGEST THING TO
HAPPEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR
QUITE A WHILE THAT'S FOR SURE.
24 HOURS LATER YOU ALMOST KNOW
THE SKY WAS EVER FALLING IN
BROOMFIELDPD WE HEARD THE BANG
WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND SO
WE JUST KIND OF LOOKED AT EACH
OTHER GO WHAT IS THAT?
UNLESS YOU'RE KIRBY CLEMENTS
WHO WON'T FORGET THE DAY A
PLANE TOTALED HIS TRUCK
PROBABLY EVER.
AND THEN MAYBE 10 SECONDS LATER
WE HEARD THIS BIG CRASH BOOM
AND THIS BIG SILVER PIECE
ROLLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR
PICTURE WINDOW THERE AND I'M
GOING LIKE WHAT THE HECK IS
THAT?
KIRBY GOT ONE LOOK AT IT AND
SAID HE KNEW IT WAS THE FRONT
COVERING OF AN AIRPLANE ENGINE
CAME OUTSIDE LOOKING TO SEE
THE REST OF THE AIRPLANE COMING
DOWN SOMEPLACE AND FORTUNATELY
IT WAS NOT ACROSS THE STREET IN
THE NORTHMOOR ESTATES
NEIGHBORHOOD, MARY ELLEN SUCATO
HEARD THE COMMOTION TOO AND
I HEARD TWO LOUD THUMPS BOOM
AND AND SHORTLY AFTER AGAIN
ANOTHER BOB SHE'S BEEN HERE
ALMOST 50 YEARS AND NEVER
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS
IN HER QUIET CORNER
OF BROOMFIELD.
BUT I'M THINKING TO MYSELF WHAT
WAS THAT THEN?
WHAT WAS THAT?
ARE WE BEING ATTACKED?
NO ATTACK AT LEAST NOT AN
INTENTIONAL ONE WITH ALL
THE DEBRIS CLEARED AWAY AS BIG
AS IT LOOKS, NOT AS HEAVY AS IT
LOOKS.
INSURANCE CLAIMS AND AN
INVESTIGATION INTO UNITED
FLIGHT 328 INSU.
IN THE MEANTIME, FOLKS AROUND
HERE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THEY GOT
ENOUGH TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE
AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.
THAT'S THE BEST PART IN
BROOMFIELDPD LIZARRAGA NEINAS
NOW THAT HE WAS NOT TOTALLY
CLEAR ON WHO WILL BE COVERING
THE DAMAGES IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THIS INCIDENT
RIGHT BEFORE OUR INTERVIEW
KIRBY GOT A CALL FROM UNITED
AIRLINES.
THEY ASKED ME TO PLAN ON MAKING
OUT OR FILING THE CLAIM FOR HIS
TOTAL TRUCK THROUGH HIS OWN
INSURANCE.
YEAH, KIRBY DOESN'T PLAN TO AT
LEAST NOT FOR NOW AND WE'RE
STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM
UNITED ON THEIR PLAN TO
COVER DAMAGES LIKE HURDES.
WELL, AT LEAST NOBODY WAS HURT
BUT YEAH, THAT COULD BE AN
INSURANCE HEADACHE.
SO ALL RIGHT.
LORI LIZARRAGA REPORTING FOR
BROOMFIELD TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, LORI .
THE FAA DOES NOT WANT ANYONE TO
TOUCH DEBRIS IF THEY FIND IT.
INVESTIGATORS NEED TO DOCUMENT
THAT DEBRIS AND FIGURE WHAT
HAPPENED SO PEOPLE ARE STILL
FINDING PIECES LIKE THESE IN
COMMON'S PARK AND GOING FOR A
WALK IN THE AREA TODAY SPOTTED
THEM AND GAVE AUTHORITIES A
CALL.
BENJAMIN DONOVAN SAYS HE'S JUST
GLAD EVERYONE'S SAFE THIS CRAZY
.
I HEARD THAT THERE WERE SOCCER
PLAYERS OUT HERE, REAL SOCCER
PLAYERS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD
BE LIKE.
YOU KNOW, JUST SEEN STUFF ON
YOUR HOUSE.
RUFIO POLICE SAY THAT IF YOU
FIND ANY PPLANE PARTS YOU
SHOULD CALL THEIR DISPATCH
NUMBER.
IT'S THREE THREE FOUR THREE
EIGHT SIX FOUR ZERO ZERO.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO FILE A
CLAIM FOR DAMAGE FROM FALLING
DEBRIS SHOULD VISIT UNITED'S
CUSTOMER CARE WEBSITE.
IT COULD BE MONTHS OR EVEN
YEARS BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT CAUSED YESTERDAY'S ENGINE
FAILURE.
A SIMILAR ENGINE FAILURE
HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO
VIDEO
VIDEO FROM THAT INCIDENT BACK IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN WHILE THE PLANE WAS IN FLIGHT AND
JUST LIKE THE VIDEOS WE'RE
SEEING FROM YESTERDAY, THIS
ENGINE ALSO LOST ITS COVERING
I9S REPORTER VICTORIA DE LEON
SPOKE WITH OUR AVIATION EXPERT
GREG FEITH TO BREAK DOWN ONE
POSSIBLE CAUSE BASED ON THOSE
INCIDENTS FROM THE PAST SOICHER
UNITED REPORTED HE MADE
THE BIGGEST QUESTION STILL
UNANSWERED HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS A
FAILURE LIKE THIS IS NOT
PREDICTABLE NEWS AVIATION
EXPERT BREAKBEAT HELPS US LOOK
AT WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED
UNITED THREE TWENTY EIGHT
ENGINE FAILURE TODAY WE'RE
LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE ABOUT
THE TEN O'CLOCK POSITION.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF FAN BLADES ONE LOOKS
TOTALLY GONE.
THERE'S A GAP THERE AND THEN
THE OTHER ONE IS PARTIALLY
GONE.
GREG SAYS BROKEN BLADES CAN GET
INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE
CAUSING MORE DAMAGE THIS
WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME WE
HAVE SEEN OTHER LATE FAILURES.
BAMBLETT FAILURES ON DIFFERENT
MAKES AND MODELS OF ENGINES FOR
A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS
.
IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN A PLANE
FLYING FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO
HONOLULU ALSO LOST THE RIGHT
ENGINE COWLING.
THAT'S THE COVER THAT GOES
AROUND THE ENGINE.
THE FINAL REPORT FROM
THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD POINTED TO LACK
OF TRAINING FROM
THE MANUFACTURER WHITNEY.
THE REPORT STATES THAT RESULTED
IN THE INSPECTOR MAKING AN
INCORRECT EVALUATION THAT
RESULTED IN A BLEED WITH A
PRACTING RETURN TO SERVICE
WHERE EVENTUALLY FRACTURE IS A
DESIGNER, AS AN ENGINEER, AS A
MANUFACTURER YOU CAN ONLY
PREDICT SO MANY THINGS WHEN
YOU'RE BUILDING THIS MACHINE,
GREX SAYS NOW IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF WAITING FOR ANSWERS
BASED ON THE EVENTS OF COURSE
THE FINDINGS THAT WILL COME OUT
OF THIS INVESTIGATION.
IT PUTS THE INDUSTRY ON NOTICE
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATORS THAT
HAVE THESE ENGINES.
VICTORIA DELEON I9S WE WILL
TALK TO GREG A LITTLE BIT LATER
IN THE SHOW NOW THAT WE KNOW
MORE ABOUT UNITED'S PLANS TO
TAKE SOME OF THESE AIRPLANES
OUT OF SCHEDULE.
SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT A FEW
MINUTES.
ALSO NEWS HAD REACHED OUT TO
THE MANUFACTURER OF THE ENGINE
FOR A STATEMENT WE HAVE NOT YET
HEARD BACK.
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