NEW YORK: A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington&#39;s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed during takeoff, igniting a brush fire near the runway, officials said.&nbsp;No injuries were reported among the 275 passengers and 15 crew members aboard the wide-bodied jet, which had to make an emergency landing.&nbsp;&quot;Shortly after takeoff, United Flight 803 returned to Washington Dulles and landed safely to address a power loss issue with one of its engines,&quot; the airline said.&nbsp;The engine failed as the 777-200ER departed for Tokyo&#39;s Haneda Airport at around 12:20 p.m. (1720 GMT) Saturday, sources told AFP.&nbsp;Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that a piece of the engine cover &quot;separated and caught fire, sparking a brush fire on the ground.&quot;&nbsp;&quot;The fire was extinguished and the flight returned to Dulles, landing safely at about 1:30 p.m., when it was checked by airport fire responders,&quot; an airport spokesperson said.&nbsp;According to the official, the affected runway had to be closed for a short time, &quot;but Dulles has multiple runways and other flight operations were not impacted.&quot;&nbsp;The US Federal Aviation Administration said it would investigate the incident.&nbsp;Aircraft manufacturer Boeing referred questions to United Airlines.&nbsp;According to specialist site AirLive, the plane dumped its fuel over the city of Fredericksburg in Virginia, &quot;a critical safety procedure used to reduce the plane&#39;s weight to a safe level before attempting an emergency landing.&quot;&nbsp;According to registration information provided by the site, the 777 in Saturday&#39;s incident was delivered in November 1998 to Continental Airlines, which was later absorbed in a corporate takeover by United Airlines. The plane is equipped with two General Electric engines -- now known as GE Aerospace.&nbsp;United Flight 803 took off in a different plane later Saturday, six-and-a-half hours after its original departure time, bound for Haneda.

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United Airlines Flight 803, a Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo, returned to Washington Dulles after an engine failure during takeoff sparked a brush fire. All 290 passengers and crew landed safely; the FAA is investigating.

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Tokyo-bound United plane returns to Washington after engine fails

Tokyo-bound United plane returns to Washington after engine fails