This Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 photo provided by Hayden Smith shows United Airlines Flight 328 approaching Denver International Airport, after experiencing "a right-engine failure" shortly after takeoff from Denver. Federal regulators are investigating what caused a catastrophic engine failure on the plane that rained debris on Denver suburbs as the aircraft made an emergency landing. Authorities said nobody aboard or on the ground was hurt despite large pieces of the engine casing that narrowly missed homes below. (Hayden Smith via AP)
A piece of an airplane engine is seen in the median along Sheridan Boulevard near E. 13th Avenue, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, in Broomfield, Colo. Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing Saturday after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure and rained pieces of the engine casing on a neighborhood where it narrowly missed a home. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP)
A man looks over debris that fell off a plane as it shed parts over a neighborhood in Broomfield, Colo., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. The plane was making an emergency landing at nearby Denver International Airport. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A part from a United Airlines jetliner sits in the middle of Elmwood Street in the street near a home peppered by parts from a plane as it was making an emergency landing at nearby Denver International Airport Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
This Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 photo provided by Hayden Smith shows United Airlines Flight 328 approaching Denver International Airport, after experiencing "a right-engine failure" shortly after takeoff from Denver. Federal regulators are investigating what caused a catastrophic engine failure on the plane that rained debris on Denver suburbs as the aircraft made an emergency landing. Authorities said nobody aboard or on the ground was hurt despite large pieces of the engine casing that narrowly missed homes below. (Hayden Smith via AP)
Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers that fly those planes said they would temporarily pull them from service.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered United Airlines to step up inspections of the aircraft after one of its flights made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport Saturday as pieces of the casing of the engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4000, rained down on suburban neighborhoods. None of the 231 passengers or 10 crew were hurt, and the flight landed safely, authorities said. United is among the carriers that has grounded the planes.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement Sunday that based on an initial review of safety data, inspectors "concluded that the inspection interval should be stepped up for the hollow fan blades that are unique to this model of engine, used solely on Boeing 777 airplanes."
Dickson said that would likely mean some planes would be grounded — and Boeing said they should be until the FAA sets up an inspection regime. Japan ordered the planes out of service, according to the financial newspaper Nikkei, while noting that an engine in the same family suffered trouble in December.
Boeing said there were 69 777s with the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines in service and another 59 in storage.
United had 24 of the planes in service; it is the only U.S. airline with the engine in its fleet, according to the FAA. Two Japanese airlines have another 32 that are being pulled while Asiana Airlines grounded nine, seven of which were in service, until Boeing establishes a plan to fix the problems. Korean Air said it was discussing whether to ground 16 aircraft, six of which are in service.
"We are working with these regulators as they take actions while these planes are on the ground and further inspections are conducted by Pratt & Whitney," Boeing said in a statement issued Sunday, referring to American and Japanese regulators.
The engine maker said it was sending a team to work with investigators.
Flight 328 @united engine caught fire. my parents are on this flight 🙃🙃 everyone’s okay though! pic.twitter.com/cBt82nIkqb
— michaela🦋 (@michaelagiulia) February 20, 2021
The emergency landing this past weekend is the latest trouble for Boeing, which saw its 737 Max planes grounded for more than a year after two deadly crashes in 2019 and is suffering amid the huge reduction in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Max planes began returning to the skies late last year — a huge boost for the aircraft maker, which lost billions during the grounding because it has been unable to deliver new planes to customers.
Video posted on Twitter from Saturday's emergency showed the engine fully engulfed in flames as the plane flew through the air. Freeze frames from different video taken by a passenger sitting slightly in front of the engine and also posted on Twitter appeared to show a broken fan blade in the engine.
Passengers, who were headed to Honolulu, said they feared the plane would crash after an explosion and flash of light, while people on the ground saw huge chunks of the aircraft pour down, just missing one home and crushing a truck. The explosion, visible from the ground, left a trail of black smoke in the sky.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said that two of the engine's fan blades were fractured and the remainder of the fan blades "exhibited damage." But it cautioned that it was too early to draw conclusions about what happened.
United says it will work closely with the FAA and the NTSB "to determine any additional steps that are needed to ensure these aircraft meet our rigorous safety standards and can return to service."
The NTSB said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were transported to its lab in Washington so the data can be analyzed. NTSB investigations can take up to a year or longer, although in major cases the agency generally releases some investigative material midway through the process.
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said an engine in the PW4000 family suffered trouble on a Japan Airlines 777 flying to Tokyo from Naha on Dec. 4. The airline has said the plane had engine trouble after takeoff and returned to Naha. An inspection showed damage to the engine case and missing fan blades, according to the airline. Stricter inspections were ordered in response.
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will stop operating a combined 32 planes with that engine, Nikkei reported.
Top photos from the past week
Medical workers move a covid-19 patient into an ambulance at a hospital overrun by the covid pandemic in Cheb, Czech Republic, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The Czech government has imposed a complete lockdown of the three hardest-hit counties to help contain the spread of a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus. The meeasures will became effective Friday for the two counties in western Czech Republic on the German border Cheb and Sokolov and another county in the northern part of the country Trutnov located on the border with Poland. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Muslim worshippers take part in Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque complex in the Old City of Jerusalem, which has reopened to visitors following a third lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Gabriel Gonzalez, who has worked for the last four years as a street clown posing for photographs with passersby, waits for clients while sitting on a bench in central Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The city's mayor announced Friday that the capital will lower the COVID-19 pandemic alert level from red to orange on Monday, permitting some long-closed businesses including gyms and indoor pools to reopen with capacity restrictions and social distancing. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as they pray at a temple for the Chinese Lunar New Year, Year of the Ox, in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks out of a meeting room for the lawyers of former President Donald Trump and back to the Senate floor through the Senate Reception room on the fourth day of the Senate Impeachment trials for former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, Friday, Feb 12, 2021 in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
A government supporter holds a weathered image of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, during an event with current President Nicolas Maduro marking Youth Day at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The annual holiday commemorates young people who accompanied heroes in the battle for Venezuela's independence. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Cars collide on the 14th lap during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
People draw hearts with their cellphones flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. When the team of jailed Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced a protest in a new format, urging people to come out to their residential courtyards on Sunday and shine their cellphone flashlights, many responded with jokes and skepticism. After two weekends of nationwide demonstrations, the new protest format looked to some like a retreat. But not to Russian authorities, who moved vigorously to extinguish the illuminated protests planned for Sunday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
A man walks past wreckage at the scene of a bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Police say a suicide bomber died and a number of civilians were wounded when a vehicle exploded near a checkpoint outside the presidential palace in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
New Italian Premier Mario Draghi presides over his first cabinet of ministers reunion after the swearing-in ceremony, at Chigi Palace Premier's office, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Mario Draghi, credited with largely saving the euro currency, has formally taken the helm of Italy, focused on guiding the country through the pandemic and reviving its economy. Premier Draghi and his Cabinet ministers were sworn into office Saturday at the Quirinal presidential palace in front of President Sergio Mattarella. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, visits a PPE manufacturing facility during a visit to the north east of England, in Seaton Delaval, England, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, Pool)
A pro-democracy protester flashes the three-finger protest gesture during a rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The rally in the Thai capital was organized by the Ratsadorn movement, which campaigned last year for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his government to step down, the constitution to be amended and the reform of the monarchy to make it more accountable. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A member of a “bate-bola” or ball hitters group - men who dress up in exuberant, identical, hand-made costumes known as “fantasias” - runs past during a brief appearance as part of a Carnival tradition despite restrictions due to the new coronavirus pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Rio’s city government officially suspended Carnival and warns it will have no tolerance for those who try to celebrate with open street parades or clandestine parties. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A large image that has an X mark on the face of Commander in chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, also chairman of the State Administrative Council, lies on a road as anti-coup protesters gather outside the Hledan Centre in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Daily mass street demonstrations in Myanmar are on their second week, with neither protesters nor the military government they seek to unseat showing any signs of backing down from confrontations. (AP Photo)
People from the Haredi Orthodox Jewish community arrive at an event to encourage vaccine uptake in the ultra-Orthodox community at the John Scott Vaccination Centre in London, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. In hopes of breaking down barriers that sometimes isolate the Orthodox from wider society, community leaders organized the pop-up vaccination event for Saturday night to coincide with the end of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
In this image from video, the final vote total of 57-43, to acquit former President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge, incitement of insurrection, in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
A landslide caused by a strong earthquake covers a circuit course in Nihonmatsu city, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. The strong earthquake shook the quake-prone areas of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures late Saturday, setting off landslides and causing power blackouts for thousands of people. (Hironori Asakawa/Kyodo News via AP)
Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom (25) stops Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson (40) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Myanmar people living in Japan and supporters march though Shibuya pedestrian crossings during a protest Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Tokyo. Thousands of people from Myanmar living in Japan marched in downtown Tokyo to protest the military coup back home. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
An Afghan boy carries roses on Valentine's Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus throws her racket in frustration during her fourth round match against United States' Serena Williams at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
Residents wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus visit a popular retail street on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People climb up an artificially created ice wall on in the village of Vir, Czech Republic, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Two skaters pass on a frozen canal near Nieuweschoot, northern Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. People flocked to frozen lakes and canals to enjoy the sunny winter conditions before a thaw forecast to begin in coming days. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Lille's Jonathan Bamba is tackled by Brest's Paul Lasne, bottom, during the French League One soccer match between Lille and Brest at the Stade Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern France, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
Team Francesco Freidrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer and Alexander Schueller of Germany celebrate at the end of their run to take first place during the four-man bobsleigh race at the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, Sunday, Feb.14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Engineers hold posters with an image of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they hold an anti-coup protest march in Mandalay, Myanmar Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Myanmar's military leaders extended their detention of Suu Kyi, whose remand was set to expire on Monday, as protests continued to roil the Southeast Asian country following a military coup earlier this month. (AP Photo)
Electoral workers wearing protective suits as a precaution against coronavirus, wait for people to cast their vote at a polling station during the Catalan regional election in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. With Spain still suffering from a post-Christmas spike in coronavirus infections, the vote was held under strict health regulations. Voters were required to wear face masks, use hand disinfectant and remain at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) apart while queuing. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
An electronic message board advises drivers of potential congestion on the intersecting interstate as they drive south on Interstate 55 in north Jackson, Miss., Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, as light snow mixed with sleet, and rain continue to cover much of the state. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures barely hovering at 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and likely slipping into the single digits by Tuesday morning. A winter storm warning continues throughout the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Steam rises from the heating plant behind a monument to Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Temperatures dipped to -16 C (3.2 F) during a day and -22 C (-7.6 F) at night. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Bayern's David Alaba, left, fights for the ball with Arminia's Cedric Brunner during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Arminia Bielefeld at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Andreas Schaad, Pool)
A boy prepares to playfully drench a friend with water during carnival in the Pinto Salinas neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Icicles form on a citrus tree from a sprinkler system used to protect the trees from the freezing temperatures on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Edinburg, Texas. A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually snowy emergency Monday that knocked out power for more than 2 million people, shut down grocery stores and air travel and closed schools ahead of frigid days still to come.(Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)
People sit next to their oxygen tanks as they prepare to spend the night waiting for a refill at a shop that has already closed for the day in Villa El Salvador, in Lima, Peru, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the people in line said they have been waiting for two days for refills and are now staying for a third day to procure oxygen for sick relatives. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Snow covers the ancient Acropolis hill in Athens, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2021. Unusually heavy snowfall has blanketed central Athens, with authorities warning residents particularly in the Greek capital's northern and eastern suburbs to avoid leaving their homes. (Antonis Nikolopoulos/Eurokinissi via AP)
Rap singer Pablo Hasél, background, is surrounded by his supporters as police officers arrest one of the activists at the University of Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. A rapper in Spain and dozens of his supporters have locked themselves inside a university building in the artist's latest attempt to avoid a prison sentence for insulting the monarchy and praising terrorism. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
United States' Serena Williams and Romania's Simona Halep play their quarterfinal match on Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.(AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)
A woman wears a face mask walking under Chinese Lunar New Year decoration at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The movement control order (MCO) currently enforced across the country, has been extended to March 4 in some of the states, to try to halt the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
United States' Serena Williams reacts after winning a point against Romania's Simona Halep during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.(AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
A damaged vehicle is seen among debris after a deadly tornado tore through Brunswick County, N.C., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. North Carolina authorities say multiple people are dead and others were injured after a tornado ripped through Brunswick County, leaving a trail of heavy destruction. (Emily Flax/Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Czech Republic's Marketa Davidova competes during the women's 15 km individual competition at the World Championships Biathlon event in Pokljuka, Slovenia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
PSG's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring during the Champions League round of 16, first leg soccer match between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Lava gushes from the Mt Etna volcano near Catania, Sicily, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Europe's most active volcano came alive around 4 pm local time on Tuesday, according to the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)
An inmate walks on the roof of Tacumbu prison after they rioted and took control of the place in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Natalie Harrell holds her sleeping daughter, Natasha Tripeaux while sitting in a recliner at a Gallery Furniture store after the owner opened his business as a shelter for those without power at homes Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. More than 4 million people in Texas still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
President Joe Biden talks during a televised town hall event at Pabst Theater, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A medical worker receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's first coronavirus shots were given to health workers Wednesday, beginning a vaccination campaign considered crucial to holding the already delayed Tokyo Olympics. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)
Two men climb over downed trees as they head out to retrieve gas for generators, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Huntington, W.Va., following a winter weather system. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)
Hannah Standiford holds hands with her friend Varia Degtiairenko, right, in the Bywater section of New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Placida Cano, 66, left, marks her forehead with blessed ash as she performs Ash Wednesday rituals Feb 17, 2021 at her home in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. A nearby church distributed blessed ashes placed in small sachets to residents who cannot go to church so they can mark themselves and other family members at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus. Ash Wednesday marks the start of lent in this largely Roman Catholic country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Demonstrators gather in an intersection close to Sule Pagoda to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military’s seizure of power, even after a U.N. human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect of major violence. (AP Photo)
Christie's employees adjust an oil on canvas painting by Sir Winston Churchill painted in Jan. 1943 called 'Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque' during an Art pre-sale photo call at Christie's auction house in London, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The painting currently owned by actress Angelina Jolie, has an estimate of 1,500,000-2,500,000 UK pounds (2,056,489- 3,427,482 US Dollars) and will go up for sale in the Modern British Art Evening Sale at Christie's on March 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Interior view of a new coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccination center at the 'Velodrom' (velodrome-stadium) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, elbow bumps as he greets a police officer during a visit to South Wales Police Headquarters in Bridgend in Wales, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, pool)
Demonstrators with placards sit on the railway tracks in an attempt to disrupt train service during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military’s seizure of power, even after a U.N. human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect of major violence. (AP Photo)
Over eighty-year-olds wait to be administered a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, in a tent set up at the Baggio military hospital in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami speeds down the course on her way to win a women's giant slalom, at the alpine ski World Championships, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
A giant projection of the NASA Mars 2020 mission logo on the north face of the Eiger mountain (left), NASA logo on the Monch mountain (center) and and astronaut on the Jungfrau mountain (right), by Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter, is pictured from the alpine resort of Mannlichen, Switzerland, Sunday, February 14, 2021. Several projections were performed both from the ground and helicopter and were carried out over distances of up to 8km and dimensions up to 2.2km in height on the iconic Swiss mountains Eiger, Monch und Jungfrau. The artistic performance pays tribute to the "Mars 2020" Perseverance rover mars mission by the NASA planned for landing on February 18, 2021. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)
People wait in line to fill propane tanks Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Houston. Customers waited over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their tanks. Millions in Texas still had no power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Russia's Aslan Karatsev play their semifinal match on Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.(AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
People walk in the the snow in a park next to Jerusalem's Old City walls, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Police officers stand outside King Edward VII's hospital in London, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Buckingham Palace says 99-year-old Prince Philip has been admitted to a London hospital after feeling unwell. The palace said the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to the private King Edward VII Hospital on Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
The names of the nine victims of the Hanau shooting are painted on a building in Hanau, Germany, Thursday, Feb.18, 2021. One year ago a far right man shot nine people before he shot himself. Hanau will commemorate the victims on Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Boise State center Lukas Milner reaches for a rebound over Utah State guard Marco Anthony during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 at ExtraMile Arena in Boise, Idaho. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP)
Colo Colo soccer fans celebrate in Santiago, Chile, after their team defeated 1-0 University of Concepcion and avoided descending to second division of the Chilean league on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Migrant laborers wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus leave for work in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. The southern state, which had previously been hailed as a blueprint for tackling the virus now accounts for nearly half of India's current COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)
Kentucky forward Keion Brooks Jr. (12) dives for the ball ahead of Vanderbilt's Dylan Disu (1) and Jordan Wright (4) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Kentucky won 82-78. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Manchester City's Bernardo Silva, 20, scores his side's third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Manchester City at Goodison Park stadium, in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (Peter Powell/Pool via AP)
James Anyaegvu, who lived in a home that burned, speaks with a fire fighter in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Austin Fire Department and ATCEMS responded to a house fire that killed two people and left several with critical and minor injuries. (Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Damaged homes are shown at the Ocean Ridge Plantation in Brunswick County, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, after a tornado hit the area Monday night. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
BMX racer Leudar Ruiz performs a stunt during a show marking the 400th anniversary of the slum of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb.17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Sanar Yokhana, foreground, and Richard Lewandowski pray in front of a statue of St. Anthony during an Ash Wednesday service at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Detroit. The ashes, a symbol of penance, are made from palm leaves used in last year's Palm Sunday liturgy and were sprinkled on their head. The sprinkling, because of the pandemic, is a departure from the usual practice of making the sign of the cross on the forehead and follows an ancient method still common in parts of the world today. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Women's slalom gold medal winner Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States poses for photographers with the American flag at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
WWII Army veteran Theodore Eiben salutes during a celebration of his 102nd birthday with a drive-by parade in Port Byron, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Local veterans presented Eiben with a flag flown over the Capitol at Congressman Katko's request, a flag of appreciation from the American Legion, a birthday cake and some small birthday gifts. They capped off the celebration with an official salute to recognize his service. (Kevin Rivoli/The Citizen via AP)
Images from Nasa are streamed live showing the landing of NASA's Perseverance on Mars, shown on Piccadilly Lights in central London, Thursday Feb. 18, 2021. The Mars rover landing mission begins it's search for traces of life after the successful landing, to explore and collect samples for future return to Earth. Eros statue top left. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A flag marks the place of a clandestine grave site in Puquita, a tropical mangrove island near Alvarado in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Investigators from the National Search Commission found three pits with human remains and plastic bags inside. The number of bodies there has not yet been determined. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
A demonstrator throws a stone against police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence have morphed for the third night in a row into rioting. Pablo Hasél began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, watches as Sarah Fletcher, second from left, is taken through procedure of receiving a vaccine at the Sydney local health district vaccination hub in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Vaccinations for COVID-19 are scheduled to begin nationwide on Monday. (Kate Geraghty/Pool Photo via AP)
Danny Morick, marine veterinarian, takes samples from a 17 meters (about 55 feet) long dead fin whale washed up on a beach in Nitzanim Reserve, Israel, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Aviad Scheinin of the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station said samples from the animal will be taken to try to determine a cause of death, officials said the water nearby is polluted, including with tar. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Pedestrians cross 71st Avenue as snow falls Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Demonstrators stand in front of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's home demanding his resignation, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Houston. The Republican senator said his family vacation to Mexico was “obviously a mistake” as he returned stateside Thursday following an uproar over his disappearance during a deadly winter storm. (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A Kashmiri woman wails outside a house allegedly ransacked by security forces after suspected militants killed a policeman, in Beerwah area, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Anti-India rebels in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed two police officers in an attack Friday in the disputed region's main city, officials said. Elsewhere in the Himalayan region, three suspected rebels and a policeman were killed in two gunbattles. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Indonesian men carry their belongings as they wade through the water at a flooded neighborhood following heavy rains in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Heavy downpours combined with poor city sewage planning often causes heavy flooding in parts of greater Jakarta. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
People wait to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, foreground, as others rest after being vaccinated, background, at the Brussels Expo vaccination centre in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Belgium's Elise Mertens, left, and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrate with their trophy after defeating Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
Anti-coup protesters flash the three-fingered salute during a rally in downtown Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. A young woman who was shot in the head by police during a protest last week against the military's takeover of power in Myanmar died Friday morning, her brother said. (AP Photo)
Japan's Sara Takanashi holds a trophy after winning first place at the women's Ski Jumping World Cup event in Rasnov, Romania, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.(AP Photo/Raed Krishan)
Royal Antwerp's Lior Refaelov, center, on his way to scoring his sides second goal, on a penalty, during the Europa League round of 32 first leg soccer match between Antwerp and Rangers at the Bosuil stadium in Antwerp, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Brazil defender Camila (18) and Argentina forward Mariana Larroquette (19) battle for a header during the second half of a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
California guard Makale Foreman, left, and Washington State forward DJ Rodman, right, fight for a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Pullman, Wash. (AP Photo/Pete Caster)
