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Boeing 787-9

B787-39287Active

RegistrationVNVN-A867

OperatorVietnam Airlines

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Boeing 787-9 built in 2016 in Everett / Charleston (USA). Operates for Vietnam Airlines.

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Nearly new · 10 years · ≈ 48,000 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing

Engines2× 2 x GEnx-1B

PropulsionJet

Seats346 (C28 · W35 · Y283)

First flight2016

Built inEverett / Charleston (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationVietnam

OwnerVietnam Airlines

MSN39287

Hex / ICAO 24-bit8880F7

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Figures for the 787-9 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 60% the length of a football pitch

Length62.8 m206 ft

Wingspan60.1 m197 ft

Height17.0 m56 ft

Range14,010 km7,565 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed903 km/h488 ktMach 0.85

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

Maximum take-off weight259,228 kg571,499 lb

Maximum payload130,408 kg287,500 lbIts 296 passengers with baggage would weigh about 29.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity296 passengersUp to 420 in a high-density layout

Endurance15 h 31 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 14,010 km range, from Ho Chi Minh City it could fly non-stop as far as:

ORDChicago13,959 km YYZToronto13,922 km LAXLos Angeles13,130 km SEASeattle11,934 km LOSLagos11,313 km

Beyond its rangeJFKNew York14,293 km

The type first flew in 2009 (17 years ago) · About 1,150 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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Seating layout

28Business

35Premium

283Economy

346 seats in total

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

2016–2026Vietnam Airlines network of its widebody aircraft

Base

SGNHo Chi Minh City

Main destinations

HANHanoi (Soc Son)DMEMoscow CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)CXRNha Trang/nha Trang aiurportCam Ranh FRAFrankfurt am Main ICNSeoul NRTNarita AUHAbu Dhabi BKKBangkok NBONairobi PEKBeijing

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

2016

Built

Assembled by Boeing in Everett / Charleston (USA).

Apr 23, 2016

Delivered to Vietnam Airlines

Delivered to Vietnam Airlines as VN-A867.

Dec 26, 2023

Incident

On December 26, 2023, the Boeing 787 9 aircraft (registration VN-A867), operated by Vietnam, was involved in an incident. Source: Vietnam.

Source: Vietnam

Aug 15, 2026

Incident at Munich-Franz Josef Strauss (MUC) Airport

On August 15, 2026, the Boeing 787 aircraft (registration VN-A867), operated by Vietnam Airlines, was involved in an incident at Munich-Franz Josef Strauss (MUC) Airport (Germany) due to a late rotation on take-off that carried the aircraft past the end of the runway, with a tail strike and substantial damage to the rear fuselage; it returned to Munich and landed with several tyres shredded. Source: the NTSB (United States).

What happened

Vietnam Airlines flight VN34, a Boeing 787-9 with 271 passengers and 16 crew bound for Hanoi, began its take-off roll on Munich’s 4,000-metre runway 26L on the afternoon of 15 August 2026 and did not rotate until the very end. According to the crew’s account, the speed stopped increasing for about two seconds halfway down the runway, built up again to V1 and then dropped once more. The aircraft ran past the end of the runway, damaging the lights, struck its tail on the ground in a cloud of dust and lifted off with barely a hundred metres to spare. Once airborne, at about 10,000 feet, the checks revealed a tyre-pressure problem; the crew dumped fuel, made two low passes over runway 26R and landed some 90 minutes later, shredding several tyres on the left main gear and coming to a stop on taxiway A6.

Photographs taken afterwards show extensive damage to the underside of the rear fuselage, with the tail-strike module punctured, and to the stabilisers. Nobody was hurt. Germany’s BFU is investigating the event as a serious incident; tyre marks beyond the end of 26L confirm that the aircraft rolled off the paved surface before lifting off.

Source: NTSB

Operators

2016-04-23

Vietnam Airlines

Registration VN-A867

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Boeing 787-9 · VN-A867 · Vietnam Airlines. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-39287

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Boeing 787-9 · VN-A867 · Vietnam Airlines}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-39287}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
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