Boeing 777

Boeing 777 is a family of twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft for long airlines.

2024: Critical faults found in 300 Boeing airliners. Planes could explode in flight

At the end of May 2024, it became known that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned of a critical malfunction in Boeing 777 airliners, due to which they could explode in the air. The problem affects approximately 300 aircraft.

It has been found that the defect is associated with electrical insulation in the area of the fuel tanks. This flaw "may lead to a source of ignition inside the fuel tank and subsequent ignition or explosion." The FAA documentation, as noted by the Daily Mail, lists five modifications of the named airliner - Boeing 777F, 777-200, 777-200LR, 777-300 and 777-300ER.

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The problem found indicates that nearly 300 more Boeing airliners could be at risk, including United Airlines and American Airlines aircraft, it said.

In total, 292 Boeing 777 aircraft are under threat of explosion in flight. According to FAA estimates, the elimination of the defect in all these aircraft will cost the manufacturer approximately $698 thousand, or approximately $2390 in terms of one liner. For comparison: Boeing's market capitalization as of May 22, 2024 was $113.5 billion.

In turn, a Boeing spokesman said the FAA notice is part of a "standard regulatory process" that helps ensure the planes "are the safest species transport." The warning does not speak to flight insecurity, it is claimed. Boeing also stressed that Boeing 777 airliners have been in operation for almost 30 years and during this time provided safe transportation of more than 3.9 billion passengers. It also says that modern commercial aircraft provide "a lot of backup means to provide protection."^[1]

2020: Introduction of technologies in the field of air traffic control under the ecoDemonstrator program

On March 11, 2020, SITA announced that it is accelerating innovation in air traffic control through Boeing's 2019 ecoDemonstrator program, along with key industry partners including NASA and longtime customer Etihad Airways.

According to the company, this program allows testing innovative and most promising technologies aimed at solving the issues of airlines and passengers that are relevant for March 2020, as well as improving environmental and social sustainability. Similar technologies were introduced aboard the Boeing 777 aircraft as part of recent tests. Read more here.

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