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<p>As of March 2014, the 777 has been in 10 <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents"
title="Aviation accidents and incidents">aviation accidents
and incidents</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-211"><span>[</span>211<span>]</span></a></sup>
including three confirmed hull-loss accidents,<sup
id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-212"><span>[</span>212<span>]</span></a></sup>
and three <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking"
title="Aircraft hijacking">hijackings</a>.<sup
id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-213"><span>[</span>213<span>]</span></a></sup>
Before 2013, the only fatality involving the twinjet occurred in
a refueling fire at <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_International_Airport"
title="Denver International Airport">Denver International
Airport</a> on September 5, 2001, during which a ground worker
sustained fatal burns.<sup id="cite_ref-ba2019_214-0"
class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-ba2019-214"><span>[</span>214<span>]</span></a></sup>
The aircraft, operated by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways"
title="British Airways">British Airways</a>, suffered fire
damage to the lower wing panels and engine housing; it was later
repaired and returned to service.<sup id="cite_ref-ba2019_214-1"
class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-ba2019-214"><span>[</span>214<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-215"><span>[</span>215<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The type's first hull-loss occurred on January 17, 2008, when <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38"
title="British Airways Flight 38">British Airways Flight 38</a>,
a 777-200ER with Rolls-Royce Trent 895 engines flying from
Beijing to London, crash-landed approximately 1,000 feet (300 m)
short of Heathrow Airport's runway 27L and slid onto the
runway's <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displaced_threshold"
title="Displaced threshold">threshold</a>. There were 47
injuries and no fatalities. The impact damaged the landing gear,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_root" title="Wing
root">wing roots</a> and engines. The aircraft was written
off.<sup id="cite_ref-BA080201_216-0" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-BA080201-216"><span>[</span>216<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-BA038report_217-0" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-BA038report-217"><span>[</span>217<span>]</span></a></sup>
Upon investigation, the accident was blamed on <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_crystals" title="Ice
crystals">ice crystals</a> from the fuel system clogging the
fuel-oil <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_exchanger"
title="Heat exchanger">heat exchanger</a> (FOHE).<sup
id="cite_ref-FOHE_210-1" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-FOHE-210"><span>[</span>210<span>]</span></a></sup>
In 2009, air accident investigators called for a redesign of
this component on the Trent 800 series engine.<sup
id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-218"><span>[</span>218<span>]</span></a></sup>
Redesigned fuel oil heat exchangers were installed in British
Airways' 777s by October 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-219"
class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-219"><span>[</span>219<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>Two other minor momentary losses of <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine#Thrust"
title="Jet engine">thrust</a> with Trent 895 engines occurred
in February and November 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-220"
class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-220"><span>[</span>220<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-delta18details_221-0" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-delta18details-221"><span>[</span>221<span>]</span></a></sup>
The <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Transportation_Safety_Board"
title="National Transportation Safety Board">National
Transportation Safety Board</a> (NTSB) investigators concluded
that, just as on BA38, the loss of power was caused by ice in
the fuel clogging the fuel-oil heat exchanger. As a result, the
heat exchanger was redesigned.<sup id="cite_ref-FOHE_210-2"
class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-FOHE-210"><span>[</span>210<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The type's second hull-loss occurred on July 29, 2011, when an
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir" title="EgyptAir">EgyptAir</a>
777-200ER registered as SU-GBP suffered a cockpit fire while
parked at the gate at <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_International_Airport"
title="Cairo International Airport">Cairo International
Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SU-GBP_222-0" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-SU-GBP-222"><span>[</span>222<span>]</span></a></sup>
The plane was successfully evacuated with no injuries,<sup
id="cite_ref-SU-GBP_222-1" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-SU-GBP-222"><span>[</span>222<span>]</span></a></sup>
and airport fire teams extinguished the fire.<sup
id="cite_ref-jacdec711_223-0" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-jacdec711-223"><span>[</span>223<span>]</span></a></sup>
The aircraft sustained structural, heat and smoke damage. This
aircraft was written off.<sup id="cite_ref-SU-GBP_222-2"
class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-SU-GBP-222"><span>[</span>222<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-jacdec711_223-1" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-jacdec711-223"><span>[</span>223<span>]</span></a></sup>
Investigators focused on a possible electrical fault with a
supply hose in the cockpit crew oxygen system.<sup
id="cite_ref-SU-GBP_222-3" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-SU-GBP-222"><span>[</span>222<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The type's third hull loss and first involving fatalities
occurred on July 6, 2013, when <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214"
title="Asiana Airlines Flight 214">Asiana Airlines Flight 214</a>,
777-200ER registered HL7742, crashed while landing at <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport"
title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco
International Airport</a> after touching down short of the
runway. Surviving passengers and crew evacuated before fire
destroyed the aircraft. The crash led to the death of three of
the 307 people on board. These were the first fatalities in a
crash involving a 777.<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-224"><span>[</span>224<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-225"><span>[</span>225<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-FI_Asiana_777_crash_226-0" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-FI_Asiana_777_crash-226"><span>[</span>226<span>]</span></a></sup>
An accident investigation by the NTSB is underway; its initial
focus is on the aircraft's low landing speed.<sup
id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#cite_note-227"><span>[</span>227<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
On March 8, 2014, <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370"
title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 370">Malaysia Airlines Flight
370</a>, a 777-200ER carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, was
reported missing en route from <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala
Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a> to <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>.
Air Traffic Control's last reported coordinates for the aircraft
were in Vietnamese air space in the south china sea at <span
class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><span style="position:
relative; white-space: nowrap;"><a class="external text"
href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Boeing_777¶ms=6_55_15_N_103_34_43_E_type:landmark"><span
class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps,
aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span
class="latitude">6°55′15″N</span> <span
class="longitude">103°34′43″E</span></span></span></a></span></span>.
Although only an oil slick was noted in the sea, the flight is
presumed to have crashed into the sea, most likely due to
catastrophic failure, as no 'mayday' type communication was
reported. <br>
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On 3/9/2014 3:42 PM, Neill Ellis wrote:<br>
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Yes, disapeared from 35,000 feet about 40 minutes into the flight.
Airframe had done around 3000 cycles and 20,000 hours. 2 Kiwi
passengers onboard.<br>
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They certainly seem to have dragged their heels reporting it
missing. Also seems very slow identifying officially the crash
spot despite reports that the Navy found the slicks of Jet A1 on
the surface in the appropriate search location.<br>
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Some good info on it's disappearance on various aviation/radar
site.<br>
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This is the 4th 777 loss of hull, 2nd fatal. 1 was fire on the
ground, 1 dropped short of the runway with loss of engine power, 1
hit the seawall at San Francisco.<br>
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Whatever happened, it seems it was instantaneous loss of airframe
integrity at altitude, terrorism possible.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Neill.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/03/2014 2:55 p.m., duckyduck
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<font face="Batang">It was a 777/200 with the serial number
9M-MRO<br>
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From: Chris Hellyar <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Subject: Re: [TheList] re Malaysian Airlines Flt.MH370 <br>
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It's being reported as a 777, and this would be the first
in-flight loss of a 777 I think? There's been some ground
incidents with them, but I don't think an airline has binned
one yet? On 08/03/14 15:38, John Barnhill wrote: </font>
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<pre wrap="">The Sydney Airport Enthusiasts Group website (<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://yssyforum.net/">http://yssyforum.net/</a>)
has good coverage of this missing flight. You can see on the 'live
tracking program' where Flt. MH370 disappears off the screen. Boeing
having a bit of bad luck lately with their 747's.
John B
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