What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On February 13, 2018, about 1200 hawaiian standard TIME1 (HST), a Boeing 777-222 airplane, N773UA, operated by united airlines as flight 1175, experienced an in-flight separation of a fan blade and the inlet and fan cowls of the right engine, a pratt & whitney (p&w) PW4077 during descent to the daniel k. inoyue international airport (hnl), Honolulu, Hawaii. Shortly after starting the initial descent as the airplane was passing through FL 327,2 the flight crew received warnings of an engine compressor stall and shut down the engine. The crew declared an emergency and proceeded to hnl without further incident, landing at 1237 HST. The 363 passengers and 10 crew members deplaned normally at the gate and there were no injuries. The airplane was operating as a regularly scheduled flight in accordance with the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations part 121 from the san francisco international airport, san francisco, California to hnl.
As the FAA filed it
ON FEBRUARY 13, 2018, ABOUT 1200 HAWAIIAN STANDARD TIME1 (HST), A BOEING 777-222 AIRPLANE, N773UA, OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 1175, EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION OF A FAN BLADE AND THE INLET AND FAN COWLS OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, A PRATT & WHITNEY (P&W) PW4077 DURING DESCENT TO THE DANIEL K. INOYUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (HNL), HONOLULU, HAWAII. SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE INITIAL DESCENT AS THE AIRPLANE WAS PASSING THROUGH FL 327,2 THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED WARNINGS OF AN ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO HNL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, LANDING AT 1237 HST. THE 363 PASSENGERS AND 10 CREW MEMBERS DEPLANED NORMALLY AT THE GATE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATING AS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA TO HNL.
NTSB investigation
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