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<p>None of the incidents involving Boeing 777 aircraft indexed on this page are similar to these tragedies.</p> | <p>None of the incidents involving Boeing 777 aircraft indexed on this page are similar to these tragedies.</p> | ||
<p>However, as the story of MH370 unfolded and questions were raised like: was there a fire on-board; a mechanical or electrical failure; a crack in the fuselage skin? Could the mystery of MH370 be solved by reviewing incidents involving other aircraft, particularly Boeing 777 aircraft?</p> | <p>However, as the story of MH370 unfolded and questions were raised like: was there a fire on-board; a mechanical or electrical failure; a crack in the fuselage skin? Could the mystery of MH370 be solved by reviewing incidents involving other aircraft, particularly Boeing 777 aircraft?</p> | ||
<p>Minor incidents involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft, mostly Boeing 777, may be covered here: [[Accidents and Incidents | <p>Minor incidents involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft, mostly Boeing 777, may be covered here: [[Malaysia Airlines/Accidents and Incidents]].</p> | ||
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Incidents involving Boeing 777 Aircraft
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which went missing on Saturday, 8 March 2014, and Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down on Thursday, 17 July 2014 were both Boeing 777 aircraft.
None of the incidents involving Boeing 777 aircraft indexed on this page are similar to these tragedies.
However, as the story of MH370 unfolded and questions were raised like: was there a fire on-board; a mechanical or electrical failure; a crack in the fuselage skin? Could the mystery of MH370 be solved by reviewing incidents involving other aircraft, particularly Boeing 777 aircraft?
Minor incidents involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft, mostly Boeing 777, may be covered here: Malaysia Airlines/Accidents and Incidents.
2008 British Airways Flight 38
On 17 January 2008 British Airways Flight 38 a Boeing 777-200ER, landed short of the runway at London Heathrow Airport due to a fuel system problem; all 152 on board survive. This was the first loss of a Boeing 777-200ER, and the first loss of any 777 due to an operational incident.
2011 EgyptAir Flight 667
On 29 July 2011, Egyptair Flight 667 suffered a cockpit fire while on the ground at Cairo Airport, prior to departing to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The aircraft was a Boeing 777-266ER manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1997.
a Boeing 777 on a scheduled passenger flight from Cairo, Egypt, , flying as ,
There were no fatalities, but seven people were treated for smoke inhalation. The aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair.[1]
The subsequent investigation found that the fire had originated in the crew's emergency oxygen system storage area, but was unable to conclusively determine the source of ignition, nor the cause of the oxygen leak that fuelled the fire.
2013 Asiana Airlines Flight 214
6 July 2013 Asiana Airlines Flight 214
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Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport near San Francisco, California, United States. On the morning of July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight crashed on final approach into San Francisco International Airport in the United States. Of the 307 people on board, 3 of them were killed; another 187 occupants were injured, 49 of them seriously.[1]: 13 Among the seriously injured were four flight attendants who were thrown onto the runway while still strapped in their seats when the tail section broke off after striking the seawall short of the runway. This was the first fatal crash of a Boeing 777 since the aircraft type entered service in 1995, and the first fatal crash of a passenger airliner on U.S. soil since the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009.
2014
8 March 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777-200ER en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, disappeared from radar over the Gulf of Thailand. A wing part was later found in Réunion.
17 July 2025
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board; it is the deadliest airliner shootdown to date.
2015 British Airways Flight 2276
8 September 2015 British Airways Flight 2276
2016 Korean Air Flight 2708
27 May 2016
Korean Air Flight 2708, a Boeing 777-300, suffers an engine failure and resulting fire while taxiing for takeoff at Haneda Airport; all 319 passengers and crew are evacuated although 12 are injured.
3 August 2016
Emirates Flight 521, a Boeing 777-300, lands wheels-up at Dubai International Airport and bursts into flames shortly after landing; all 300 passengers and crew escape from the aircraft unharmed, but one firefighter is killed by an explosion.
27 June 2016 – Singapore Airlines Flight 368, a Boeing 777-300ER registered as 9V-SWB with 222 passengers and 19 crew on board, suffered an engine oil leak during a flight from Singapore to Milan. The oil-leak alarm was sounded above Malaysia, two hours into the flight. During the emergency landing at the point of origin, Singapore Changi Airport, the right engine caught fire, leading to the right-wing being engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished within five minutes after the plane landed.[134] No injuries were reported.[135] The aircraft was substantially damaged and repaired.[136] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines
2017 Singapore Airlines
in November 2017, the seventh Boeing 777 hull loss occurred when a Singapore Airlines 777-200ER was written off after catching fire and burning out at Singapore Changi Airport.[39]
2018 United Airlines Flight 1175
On 13 February 2018 United Airlines Flight 1175 , a domestic flight between San Francisco International Airport and Honolulu International Airport, suffers an uncontained engine failure over the Pacific Ocean. A successful emergency landing was made at Honolulu and all 373 passengers and crew survive unharmed.
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