| rdfs:comment | - As of August 2008, 56 customers have placed orders for 1,092 777s. Direct market competitors to the 777 are the Airbus A330-300, A340, and A350 XWB. The current 777 family will be replaced by a new set of aircraft, tentatively known as the 777-8X and 777-9X. The -8X will be approximately the same size as the -300 series while offereing the ultra-long range capability of the -200LR, while the -9X will have similar range to the -300ER but with a longer fuselage, increasing passenger capacity. It will be the largest twinjet in the world in terms of length, maximum takeoff weight, and passenger capacity. Both variants will incorporate new engines and other advanced technologies from the 787.
- There has been two real-world crash landing since the aircraft was introduced in 1995. On January 17, 2008, a British Airways Boeing 777 (Flight BA038) lost power over London. The pilot glided it to a crash landing short of the runway at Heathrow. Out of the 136 passengers, and 16 crew members, only 18 minor injuries were reported. The plane's undercarriage was torn off, and there was some damage to the wings because of the impact. The reason for the loss of power was caused by ice in the fuel [1].
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| abstract | - There has been two real-world crash landing since the aircraft was introduced in 1995. On January 17, 2008, a British Airways Boeing 777 (Flight BA038) lost power over London. The pilot glided it to a crash landing short of the runway at Heathrow. Out of the 136 passengers, and 16 crew members, only 18 minor injuries were reported. The plane's undercarriage was torn off, and there was some damage to the wings because of the impact. The reason for the loss of power was caused by ice in the fuel [1]. On July 6, 2013 an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 (Asiana Airlines Flight 214) was on final approach to land at San Francisco International Airport when it struck the tail struck the seawall short of the runway causing the tail section to break off (similar to Oceanic 815). The National Transportation Safety Board said the plane's airspeed on final approach fell to 34 knots below its target approach speed of 137 knots (254 km/h; 158 mph). 3 passengers died, one of them died after being run over by an emergency vehicle. On March 7, 2014 (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370) a Boeing 777-200ER with 239 passengers and crew flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China was at cruising altitude when it suddenly lost all radar and radio contact. No wreckage has yet been found. On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a 777-200ER registered 9M-MRD, bound for Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam broke up and crashed in Donetsk province in eastern Ukraine, after reportedly being hit by an anti-aircraft missile. The formal accident investigation began in July 2014, and no official cause of the crash has yet been released. The incident has been linked to the ongoing Donbass insurgency in that region. All 298 people (283 passengers and 15 crew) on board were killed. There was also a single fatal accident involving a Boeing 777; a refueling fire on September 5, 2001, on the ground at Denver International Airport, Colorado, resulted in the death of the refueler.
- As of August 2008, 56 customers have placed orders for 1,092 777s. Direct market competitors to the 777 are the Airbus A330-300, A340, and A350 XWB. The current 777 family will be replaced by a new set of aircraft, tentatively known as the 777-8X and 777-9X. The -8X will be approximately the same size as the -300 series while offereing the ultra-long range capability of the -200LR, while the -9X will have similar range to the -300ER but with a longer fuselage, increasing passenger capacity. It will be the largest twinjet in the world in terms of length, maximum takeoff weight, and passenger capacity. Both variants will incorporate new engines and other advanced technologies from the 787.
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