 "DGCA grounds United Airlines' plane at Mumbai airport")
New Delhi: A Boeing 777 aircraft of American carrier United Airlines was grounded at Mumbai airport last night after engineers found that its right engine cover was badly damaged, official sources said today. The aircraft, operating flight UA-48 from Newark to Mumbai, arrived around 2200 hours yesterday and the engineers found the right-side engine cowl badly damaged, the sources said. [caption id=“attachment_1402691” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  United Airlines aircraft. AFP[/caption] Cowl is the cover of an aircraft engine. DGCA officials, who inspected the aircraft thereafter, grounded the plane, terming the damage as “major”, the sources said, adding it was being suspected that the damage may have been caused during take-off. The damage to the aircraft was found after the passengers had disembarked and the plane was being readied for the return flight, they said. PTI
The damage to the aircraft was found after the passengers had disembarked and the plane was being readied for the return flight, the DGCA officials said.
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