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The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body, twin-engine aircraft. [3] At the time of the incident it had a relatively low accident fatality rate. The only two 777 accidents with total loss of aircraft, passengers and crew are Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014 and flight MH370 that disappeared over the ...
The 777 prototype, B-HNL (ex. N7771), on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum, after 6 years in Boeing's test fleet followed by 18 years of commercial service. The first prototype, a Boeing 777-200, B-HNL (ex. N7771), was built in 1994 and originally used by Boeing for flight testing and development. In 2000, it was sold to Cathay Pacific (as ...
Originally the aircraft was designated WA005 (a Boeing reference number), one of the original Boeing 777-200s that took part in the flight test certification program prior to its entry into commercial service. [15] Boeing stopped building the 777 with P&W PW4000 series engines in 2013. [16]
The 777-200ER's Pratt & Whitney PW4000 and the A330-300's Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines rose from a share of 18–25% in 2001 to 29–40% in 2013. For the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX , between 52% and 57% of their value lies in their engines: this could rise to 80–90% after ten years, while new Airbus A350 or Boeing 787 engines are ...
The never-before-seen technology has several advantages, but the idea stemmed from airport-gate space limitations and the 777X's huge wingspan.
The development is a boost for Boeing, which has been grappling with production and legal issues since a Jan. 5 mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ...
Boeing said the issue was uncovered during routine maintenance and that it's working to replace the affected part and learn more about the problem. Boeing grounds 777X test fleet after discovering ...
On 17 January 2008, the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft operating the flight (registered as G-YMMM) crashed-landed short of the runway at Heathrow. [1] [2] [3] Of the 152 people on board, no fatalities resulted, but 47 people were injured, 1 of them seriously. [4] The aircraft was written off, becoming the first hull loss of a Boeing 777. [5] [6]