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Boeing 777-200 (777-222)

B777-26917Scrapped

RegistrationINVT-AIR

OperatorAir India

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0accidents

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Boeing 777-200 (777-222) built in 1995 in Everett. Operated for United Airlines and Air India. Scrapped.

NewNearly newYoungMatureAgingOld

Young · 11 years · ≈ 49,500 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing

First flight1995

Built inEverett, Washington (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationIndia

MSN26917

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Boeing 777

Figures for the 777-300ER variant, the most representative of the family · it is 70% the length of a football pitch

Length73.9 m242 ft

Wingspan64.8 m213 ft

Height18.5 m61 ft

Range13,649 km7,370 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed892 km/h482 ktMach 0.84

Service ceiling13,100 m42,979 ftIt flies above Everest (1.5 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight351,534 kg774,999 lb

Maximum payload183,705 kg405,000 lbIts 396 passengers with baggage would weigh about 39.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity396 passengersUp to 550 in a high-density layout

Endurance15 h 18 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 13,649 km range, from Newark it could fly non-stop as far as:

HKGHong Kong12,960 km JNBJohannesburg12,865 km BOMMumbai12,546 km PVGShanghai (Pudong)11,860 kmDELNew Delhi11,765 km

Beyond its rangeBKKBangkok13,947 km

The type first flew in 1994 (32 years ago) · About 1,750 units built · Still in production

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1995–2006United Airlines network of its widebody aircraft

Base

EWRNewark IADDulles SFOSan Francisco IAHHouston

Main destinations

FRAFrankfurt am Main ORDChicago BRUZaventem NRTNarita JFKNew York LAXLos Angeles HNLHonolulu, Oahu ZRHZurich

since 2006Air India network of its widebody aircraft

Base

DELNew Delhi

Main destinations

BOMMumbai SINSingapore HKGHong Kong MAAChennai FRAFrankfurt am Main ICNSeoul JEDJeddah RUHRiyadh HYDHyderabad LHRLondon MRUPlaine Magnien

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1995

Built

Assembled by Boeing in Everett, Washington (USA).

May 4, 1995

Delivered to The Boeing Company

Delivered to The Boeing Company as N77776.

May 24, 1995

Transferred to United Airlines

Transferred to United Airlines.

Sep 11, 2001

Grounded after 9/11

On September 11, 2001, the 777-222 aircraft (registration N766UA), operated by United Airlines, was in the news. Source: the FAA (United States).

What happened

On 11 September 2001, after the attacks with hijacked aircraft on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon, the FAA ordered — for the first time in history — the complete closure of United States airspace (the SCATANA plan): all civil aviation was told to land immediately, and by midday the American sky was clear. Around 240 international flights bound for the United States were diverted to Canada — Operation Yellow Ribbon, with more than 30,000 passengers. Airspace reopened gradually from 13 September, by then under new security measures. Source: the FAA (United States).

Source: FAA

Jan 1, 2006

Transferred to Air India

Transferred to Air India.

Operators

1995-05-04

The Boeing Company

Registration N77776

1995-05-24

United Airlines

Registration N766UA

2006-01-01

Air India

Registration VT-AIR

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BibTeX

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