Boeing has recommended that any airline flying the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 powered Boeing 777 should ground them pending an investigation into the United Airlines flight which suffered an uncontained engine failure on Saturday. United Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines all operate the type of [read more]
It was 3rd time lucky for Boeing today as they finally carried out the first flight of the latest 777 variant, the Boeing 777-9, 3 days later than planned. The first flight was streamed live by Boeing with a video being tweeted of the take-off. The first Boeing #777X is [read more]
The first flight of Boeing’s latest wide-body, the 777X, was expected later today (23rd January) to begins its flight testing program ahead of certification but this has now been postponed due to weather. The flight was expected to take place at around 18:00hrs GMT (10:00hrs Local) from Boeings Everett, Washington [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has today retired its first Boeing 777-200 from the fleet as it continues its fleet renewal program. Boeing 777-200 G-ZZZC left London’s Heathrow airport at 10:07 as BA9171 to make its short hop to South Wales where it will be parted out and broken up at St [read more]
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