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See a Boeing 777-300ER Tear Down
Aircraft Demolition shared their Boeing 777-300ER tear down from April, 2016. (aviationweek.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Oh neat I drive by Aircraft Demolition's office every day on the way home from work !! Very cool!!
What happened to the BA 777 at LAS??? It was here one day and gone the next it seemed like. I doubt it flew. And this weekend an AN-124 was here. Maybe flying the parts back up to Seattle?
Reportedly repaired and back in service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_2276
And at this moment, enroute KJFK>EGKK
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GVIIO/history/20160523/0155Z/KJFK/EGKK
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GVIIO/history/20160523/0155Z/KJFK/EGKK
It's a typo on Aviation Week's part. It's NOT an ER.
This appears to be more of a careful dismantling to study, than a shred and turn into beer can, project. I would be curious about the circumstances where a 20 year old aircraft is sectioned. Fatigue failure? Cycles? Hours? Very early hull intended for sectioning after use? Any sleuths out there able to shed light - BEGIN!
quick look, 12 777's have been scrapped (write offs not included), of those 12, only 2 were -300's, both belonging to JAL, delivered 10/1998, line numbers 152, and 158. The rest were -200's. Still curious.
JAL ran 777-300s on domestic flights as short as 45 minutes between Tokyo and Osaka (RJTT-RJOO). It looks like they still fly them up to Sapporo (RJCC) which 1.5 hours. I can see how regularly running that sort of schedule which quickly rack up a large number of cycles.
Hi SmokeChops - I'll be updating the article, but Aircraft Demolition confirmed the aircraft had simply reached its economical life. When I get more info, I'll update.