By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
9 hours ago
The Boeing 777 flown by Malaysia Airlines (click here) that disappeared Saturday morning over the South China Sea is one of the world's most popular — and safest — jets.
9 hours ago
The Boeing 777 flown by Malaysia Airlines (click here) that disappeared Saturday morning over the South China Sea is one of the world's most popular — and safest — jets.
The long-range jumbo jet has helped connect cities at the far ends of
the globe, with flights as long as 16 hours. But more impressive is its
safety record: The first fatal crash in its 19-year history only came
last July when an Asiana Airlines jet landed short of the runway in San
Francisco. Three of the 307 people aboard died.
Airlines like the plane because it is capable of flying extremely long
distances thanks to two giant engines. Each engine is so massive that a
row of at least five coach seats could fit inside it. By having just two
engines, the plane burns through less fuel than four-engine jets, like
the Boeing 747, which it has essentially replaced.
"It has provided a new standard in both efficiency and safety," said
Richard Aboulafia, an aviation consultant with the Teal Group. "The 777
has enjoyed one of the safest records of any jetliner built."
Besides last year's Asiana crash, the only other serious incident with
the 777 came in January 2008 when a British Airways jet landed about
1,000 feet (305 meters) short of the runway at London's Heathrow
Airport....
So, this makes three losses of the aircraft since 2008 and two within a year of each other. I don't believe they were all the same 777. Asian's crash was a
777-200ER. Nope, the Malaysian flight was the same model of 777-200ER. And the British Airways Flight 38 was also a 777-200ER.
Boeing links Heathrow, Atlanta Trent 895 engine rollbacks (click here)
17:56 3 Feb 2009
By: John Croft
July 6, 2013
So, this makes three losses of the aircraft since 2008 and two within a year of each other. I don't believe they were all the same 777. Asian's crash was a
777-200ER. Nope, the Malaysian flight was the same model of 777-200ER. And the British Airways Flight 38 was also a 777-200ER.
Boeing links Heathrow, Atlanta Trent 895 engine rollbacks (click here)
17:56 3 Feb 2009
By: John Croft
Washington DC
Boeing says "similar factors" were likely at play in two Trent 895 thrust rollback incidents on Boeing 777-200ER aircraft last year.
The information was revealed in an update on the incidents the air framer recently sent to operators.
Though Boeing in the update admits the circumstances are "slightly different", the air framer says water-ice accumulation in the fuel path of the engine fuel-oil heat exchanger systems in the power plants appears to have played role in both situations.
The most recent incident involved a Delta Airlines 777-200ER (N862DA) enroute from Shanghai to Atlanta on 26 November 2008 with 232 passengers and 15 crew. Pilots experienced an uncommanded rollback of the right Rolls-Royce engine while in cruise at 39,000ft approximately 40 minutes after a programmed step-climb. The crew was able to recover the engine after performing flight manual procedures related to the problem and descending to 31,000ft....
The information was revealed in an update on the incidents the air framer recently sent to operators.
Though Boeing in the update admits the circumstances are "slightly different", the air framer says water-ice accumulation in the fuel path of the engine fuel-oil heat exchanger systems in the power plants appears to have played role in both situations.
The most recent incident involved a Delta Airlines 777-200ER (N862DA) enroute from Shanghai to Atlanta on 26 November 2008 with 232 passengers and 15 crew. Pilots experienced an uncommanded rollback of the right Rolls-Royce engine while in cruise at 39,000ft approximately 40 minutes after a programmed step-climb. The crew was able to recover the engine after performing flight manual procedures related to the problem and descending to 31,000ft....
July 6, 2013
A Boeing 777 jetliner with 307 people on board (click here) crashed and caught fire at San Francisco International
Airport on Saturday after a flight across the Pacific Ocean from South
Korea. Two people were killed and scores injured, authorities said.
The plane, Asiana
Airlines Flight 214 from Seoul, apparently hit the lip of the seawall
that separates the runway from San Francisco Bay, sources told NBC News,
then slammed into the ground and skidded down the runway before coming
to rest in an adjacent field, its tail sheared off and the fuselage
spewing black smoke. Photos and video from the scene showed passengers
sliding down the emergency chutes and walking away....
