After Boeing produced the twin-engine Boeing 767 and the four-engine Boeing 747, one would have almost expected the Boeing 777 to have four engines. Quadjets and tri-jets had dominated long-haul ...

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).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Damage to a fan blade on an engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777 flight is consistent with metal fatigue, based on a preliminary assessment, the chairman of the ...