777: The 21st Century Airliner (Part 1/5)

Terrific look at the Boeing 777 in the hands of an airline. Recorded on VHS in approximately 2000.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• boeing
• 777
• documentary
• american
• airlines

[fishmanMarch61]

@rolotomazzi1 Hi, you sound like you know what you're talking about; however, wouldn't we have to take into consideratn the fact that Boeing has a longer history that has manufacturd much > aircraft, which wd naturally increase the probability that Boeing planes wd be involved w/incidents more than Airbus & that that doesn't necessarily comment on Boeing's intrinsic safety or lack thereof?

If we used yr logic, Tupolev is a safer company than Boeing.

[rolotomazzi1]

The sound of the explosion at 06:40 is a false one. I'm a french private pilot, i've seen this A320 crash video many times, no explosion sound on the original... And for the blind boeing fanatics : Accidents involving scheduled passenger operations: 1945 through 2008: Boeing: 21.9% Airbus: 4.3% Last 5 years, aircraft with 75 seats or more: Boeing 45.2% Airbus 25.0% McDonnell-Douglas 16.1% Tupolev 4.8% Fokker 4.8% Source: Aircraft insurance industry database, last updated 1/4/09 Cheers

[blacklils]

come on as if airbus aircrafts are not safe! kind of a commercial from a american tv station for american products. and the airbus company if they only mention 2 countrys out of many would be german and french not british since they have much less workers there. still 777: great aircraft!!

[andy4b767]

One of the best and safest aircraft :)

[heatherstub]

Wow! I can't wait to listen to the rest. I love flying, and I can't think of a better way to enjoy a wonderful trip than one of the 777. At least it's a dream for now. I'd love just to hear those engines inside and outside the aircraft.

[wyzyrddrummer]

most sophisticated until the 787 starts service. I have to wonder what's Boeing working on to replace that?!

[howardflight09]

the A320 is air france's cock up. If the FBW did not work, the plane would've stall and slam into the ground, the pilot did not respond fast enough.

[KidKlassic91]

every time I hear seven seventy seven i cringe... Triple 7

[ruiutomy1]

@jspivak86 Thanks, so much.

Peace.

[jspivak86]

@ruiutomy1 that was when tthey 1st came out probably, they cost between $230-$300 million.