While some first-generation variants of the Boeing 777 family were optionally powered by the General Electric GE90 engines, Rolls-Royce Trent 800, and the Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112, subsequent ...
A closer look at one of the safest aircraft models in the industry today.
The Boeing 777 is an enormous aircraft, and nearly all of its variants have a higher maximum takeoff weight (545,000 lbs - 766,000 lbs) than an Airbus A340-200 or A340-300 (606,000 lbs - 610,000 lbs).
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Boeing are asking the Federal Aviation Administration for more time and for regulatory exemptions as part of design changes they are making to PW4000-112 turbofans and the ...