US National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating an incident last month in which a Delta Air Lines 777-200ER experienced an “uncommanded engine rollback in the cruise phase of an intercontinental flight.” DL Flight 18 was over Montana en route from Shanghai to Atlanta on Nov. 26 at about 12:30 p.m. MST when the [...]
It also demanded that Boeing put in place new safety measures to ensure that planes travelling at high altitude in temperatures far below freezing do not suffer a potentially disastrous build up of ice in their fuel systems. The recommendations were made in a report into the crash in January in which a BA 777 flying from Beijing crash landed short of the runway with 136 passengers and 16 crew on board.
Engine power loss appears to have been the cause of an accident at the UK’s London Heathrow airport, in which a British Airways Boeing 777 landed just inside the airfield boundary some 500m (1,640ft) short of the runway 27L threshold. The 136 passengers were evacuated via all eight slides, with three people suffering minor injuries, according to a statement by the airline’s chief executive Willie Walsh.
The Boeing Company recorded 1,413 net commercial airplane orders during 2007, reaching more than 1,000 orders for an unprecedented third consecutive year, and setting a Boeing record for total orders in a single year.
Boeing also set new order records for the 787 Dreamliner, the 737, and for Boeing freighters.
The Boeing Company today delivered its 3,000th widebody airplane from its Everett, Wash., site. The airplane was a 777-200ER (Extended Range) model that was delivered to Korean Air.
The 3,000 airplanes built and delivered from the Boeing Everett factory include 747, 767 and 777 models. The site is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
“We are honored [...]
The 777 program reached this milestone after 11 years in service, faster
than any other twin-aisle airplane program in history. If the 787 really only
takes 3 days to assemble it will achieve this milestone much quicker. We
estimate the 787 could reach this milestone between 4.5 to 5 years, half
the time of the 777. But Boeing has to sell 600 first. By comparison with
other aircraft deliveries:A330(1988) - 2004 - 16 YearsA300(1974) - 1989 -
15 Years B747 (1969) - 1984 - 15 YearsB767 (1982) - 1996 - 14
YearsB777 (1995) - 2006 - 11 Years
Swedish aviation enthusiasts recording tail numbers at
Stockholm Arlanda airport were shocked at the weekend to see the
failure of a Roll-Royce Trent 800 aero engine.The Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER
(9M-MRI) was en route back to Kuala Lumpur as flight MH091 from New York
Newark on Friday when pilots had to return shortly after takeoff at 13:55 due to
engine problem. Swedish newspaper Expressen published photographs of the
incident yesterday. The aircraft, with 279 passengers on board, suffered the failure
on take-off (pictured below) before continuing to around 8,000ft (2,700m) to dump
fuel. The aircraft landed without problems.
FedEx Express has placed an order for up to 30 Boeing 777 Freighters, replacing its
initial order for 10 Airbus A380s. The deal, which consists of 15 firm orders and 15
options, will see the first aircraft join the cargo operator’s fleet in 2009. “We’re
looking forward to working with FedEx on this new chapter in our relationship,” says
Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of sales for the Americas Ray Conner in
a statement. “The 777F will have unmatched capacity for a twin-engine freighter and
is a perfect complement to the existing FedEx fleet of aircraft.” Financial details are
not being disclosed, but estimates place the value at around $3.5 billion
Aerospace Notebook: Boeing now offers the 777 as a tanker By JAMES
WALLACEP-I REPORTERFor more than a year, The Boeing Co. has made it clear
that if the Air Force wants a bigger tanker than the 767, it has just such a plane — the
777, which last year set a commercial sales record. Tuesday, just one day after the
Air Force issued a draft request for tanker bids, Boeing began publicly trumpeting the
benefits of a 777 tanker. Boeing used an Air Force Association convention in
Washington, D.C., to brief reporters for the first time on the KC-777 tanker, which
could substitute as a military cargo or
