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5th hull-loss and 2nd crash with fatalities for 777.

EDIT: I am not saying that 777 should withstand SAM attack. However these numbers are remarkable and show the reliability of the plane that have been in operations for almost 20 years and flew in all corners of the world.



Hard to design passenger planes for what is a (suspected) rocket though....


Hard to blame the airframe if it really was a SAM....


It just shows how reliable is 777


I guess people misunderstand my comment - I am not saying 777 (or any other plane) can withstand the SAM. It's remarkable that in almost 20 years in operations all over the world, only a very small number of planes have been lost.


I apologize for the downvotes your comment received then. (Not from me)

I think many people, myself included, wrongly assumed you were insulting the quality of the 777, not complimenting it.


Thanks for the note. I guess the numbers are so obvious for me that I didn't expect others to react so differently.


Other than the unsolved MH370 crash, I don't think the B777 has ever had a fatal crash that wasn't pilot error (Asiana crash at SFO). It's probably the safest passenger aircraft ever built.


Which commercial airliners can withstand missile attacks?




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