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FAA orders urgent fix to some Boeing 787 engines

The FAA made the order on Friday, stating that icing can cause a specific model of GE engine to shut down in flight.

<p>A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner performs at the International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget on June 18, 2015. The airshow will be open to the general public from June 19 to 21. (MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)</p>

SEATTLE (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to make an urgent fix to some types of engines used on Boeing 787 Dreamliners because of an icing problem.

The Seattle Times reports that the FAA made the order on Friday, stating that icing can cause a specific model of GE engine to shut down in flight. The problem affects 176 Dreamliners at 29 airlines.

The order comes after a Jan. 29 incident when one of the two engines on a Japan Airlines 787 shut down mid-flight and couldn't be restarted. The landed safely using one engine about 30 minutes later.

GE issued a service bulletin about the problem on March 11, so some of the affected engines have already been reworked.

The FAA's order gives airlines until the first week of October to rework all of the affected engines; meanwhile pilots are required to follow a new ice-removal procedure in flight.

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