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United Airlines is grounding 24 of its Boeing 777 aircraft after the Federal Aviation Administration indicated that it would mandate inspections and probably remove some of the jets from service. The measures come one day after the engine of a Boeing 777-200 failed shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport, scattering pieces of debris across a half-mile residential area outside …

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