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AIRLIVE > All articles > Emergency > BREAKING Engine 2 of an United Boeing 777 exploded and several parts fell on city
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BREAKING Engine 2 of an United Boeing 777 exploded and several parts fell on city

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Last updated: February 21, 2021, 10:12 UTC
Published: Saturday, February 20, 2021, at 22:31 UTC
Category: Emergency
Author: AIRLIVE contibutors
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The flight #UA328 was forced to return to Denver after the right hand engine suffered an incident.

An United Airlines Boeing 777-200 experienced a serious failure of engine #2 after take-off from Denver Intl Airport (KDEN).

The flight #UA328 to Honolulu took off at 20.05UTC from Denver and was forced to return for an emergency landing.

Large engine parts fell into Broomfield neighborhood.

The aircraft involved is a Boeing 777-200 (reg N772UA) built in 1994 and powered by PW4000 engines.

https://www.radarbox.com/data/flights/UA328/1536836679/log

The Boeing 777-200 landed safely at Denver Intl Airport 30 minutes later.

Additional debris scattered across turf field at Commons Park.

https://twitter.com/BAREESTHETICSCO/status/1363234729680465920

Pedestrians filmed the falling engine parts impacting the nearby soccer field.

Incredible photo by Hayden Smith of UA328 suffering an engine failure shortly after departing Denver.

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