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The 777X, billed by Boeing as the “world’s largest and most efficient twin-engine jet,” was supposed to enter service in 2020. It had expected to have delivered several hundred of the planes ...
Boeing resumed testing for its long-delayed 777X widebody jet on Thursday, with the first flight since the U.S. planemaker grounded the test fleet in August due to the failure of a key engine ...
Boeing discovered a problem in the structure that connects the engine to the plane, which could further delay the 777X which is already years delayed. Boeing discovered a problem in the structure ...
The Boeing 777X is the latest series of the long-range, wide-body, twin-engine jetliners in the Boeing 777 family from Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The changes for 777X include General Electric GE9X engines, composite wings with folding wingtips , greater cabin width and seating capacity, and technologies from the Boeing 787 .
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 ...
In February 2012, GE announced studies on a more efficient derivative of the GE90, calling it the GE9X, to power both the -8 and -9 variants of the new Boeing 777X.It was to feature the same 128 in (325 cm) fan diameter as the GE90-115B with thrust decreased by 15,800 lbf (70 kN) to a new rating of 99,500 lbf (443 kN) per engine. [1]
Boeing stopped building the 777 with P&W PW4000 series engines in 2013, [6] and the engine is no longer in active production. [7] Later in 2021, N773UA was used to fly the passengers of Flight 328 from Denver to Honolulu after the aforementioned flight, operated by sister ship N772UA, suffered a similar problem.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hear testimony Wednesday in the second day of hearings into potentially inadequate manufacturing standards at aerospace company Boeing.