Showing posts with label Boeing 777. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boeing 777. Show all posts

Friday, July 22, 2016

The MH370 Search Will Come To The End


9M-MRO, the missing plane at Paine Field on June 5, 2002, one month after its first flight

The search for 9M-MRO, a Boeing 777-200ER that missing on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing as Malaysia Airlines flight 370 will be suspended as 110,000 kilometers squares of 120,000 kilometers squares had been covered. The search will be suspended, but will not be ended. The investigators still have yet to find the missing aircraft after two years of the MH370's disappearance. Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished from radar screen on March 8, 2014. The satellite data shows if the plane was still flying heading to the south towards the Southern Indian Ocean and believed to run out of fuel and crashed.

Monday, May 30, 2016

Korean Air's Boeing 777-300 Suffered Engine Fire At Tokyo-Haneda International Airport

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HL7534 being sprayed by foam after cancelled the takeoff



HL7534, a Boeing 777-300 aircraft of Korean Air suffered engine fire at the time when it was taxiing at Tokyo-Haneda International Airport as flight KE2708 on May 27, 2016. Flames were detected in one of the Boeing 777-300's Pratt & Whitney PW4090 engines before the aircraft departed to Seoul-Gimpo International Airport. The takeoff was canceled immediately after the fire detected, luckily all 302 passengers and 18 crews on board were evacuated safely. The emergency vehicles came immediately and sprayed the aircraft with foam. The aircraft, HL7534, is an 18,3 years old Boeing 777-300. It was being delivered to Korean Air on December 28, 1999. It mainly operated Korean Air's high-density regional and short until medium-haul international routes.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

ZK-OKP, Air New Zealand Boeing 777-300ER "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" Livery



ZK-OKP, an Air New Zealand Boeing 777-300ER with "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"


Air New Zealand, the flag carrier airline of New Zealand operates the Boeing 777-300ER since 2011. Now, Air New Zealand has seven Boeing 777-300ER in its fleet. The Boeing 777-300ER is serving long-haul routes such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, London, Hong Kong and Buenos Aires, and also some Australian and Pacific Island destinations.

The fourth Boeing 777-300ER of Air New Zealand was delivered on November 9, 2011. It registered as ZK-OKP. On November 24, 2012, Air New Zealand unveiled "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" livery on its fourth Boeing 777-300ER, ZK-OKP. Air New Zealand introduced "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" special livery just four days before The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released in Wellington, New Zealand on November 28, 2012. 
 
Until now, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" livery on ZK-OKP is the largest graphic ever to be applied on an airplane. To paint ZK-OKP with "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" livery, Air New Zealand took six days and deployed 400 men to paint this aircraft. This livery is used by Air New Zealand to promote The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a high fantasy movie in New Zealand. Until now, ZK-OKP still wears "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" livery.