Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

liveandletsfly.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

41–50 of 110 posts

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#41

Post by seanmcdirmid »

markus_zhang wrote: post #40

All 777-200 are less than 30 years old (June 1995 first commercial deployment according to Wikipedia). Considering we are still flying older aircraft such as MD (but as a cargo plane), can United find a buyer for this fleet?

And..it is the engine, Boeing doesn't even make those, so I'm confused why this is a fuselage problem? Or is it because the older air frames might not justify engine replacements? (after RTA, it seems that is the case, and the engine it was certified to work with is old also).

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#42

Post by schmuckonwheels »

zwnow wrote: post #24
schmuckonwheels wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>the cabin crew warned passengers to make sure children cannot see the adult content they're watching (can you get more American than that?) Is it considered normal in Europe to watch pornography on public transit in public so children can see it? >Lufthansa longhaul flight My experience is different. Old planes, and Lufthansa cabin crew are cold and service was poor and inattentive.

Its normal in Europe to not watch any kind of pornography in public. Idk why you would do that.

I remember the days when movies shown on aircraft were edited for both content and dialogue.

These days, with so much content expected to be available at your fingertips, both in your seat and people bringing iPads on board loaded with R-rated streams, it's expected to be mindful of your neighbor on such things.

How that is distinctly "American" I don't quite understand.

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#43

Post by kotaKat »

From ~April 2019 to this event was nearly 6 years of flawless performance from UA’s GE90 engine fleet, but the P&W ones tend to have a few problems a year.

Being this is the first time a GE90 popped on a 777-200 in a while? Eh, the future’s gonna keep flying ‘em.

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#44

Post by wewtyflakes »

tekla wrote: post #31
wewtyflakes wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the article: https://liveandletsfly.com/united-airlines-777-200-engine-fa...

You know, this is why I hate it when techies assume they know things because they read something from a blog. The engine did not explode. It suffered an engine failure when the fan blades failed and separated but was a contained failure.

"Shortly after takeoff, as the aircraft approached 13,000 feet, the right engine suffered an explosion."

:shrug:

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#45

Post by seanmcdirmid »

mr_mitm wrote: post #21
miki123211 wrote: post #14

To a European like me, United was such a weird airline to fly. There were actual commercials played before the safety video, the cabin crew warned passengers to make sure children cannot see the adult content they're watching (can you get more American than that?), and their credit card was offered multiple times during the flight. At least the WiFi was reasonably cheap. Over here, that stuff would never fly (no pun…

Isn't swiss air playing commercials for some watch brand constantly?

Swiss air is a discount airline ever since its bankruptcy and restart right? I've only flown them once to Beijing, it was slightly better than Aeroflot.

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#46

Post by dawnerd »

lfshammu wrote: post #15

wow the blogosphere really is just ai slop now

What gave it away for me was the Conclusion heading. LLMs love adding those in and its just unnatural for news/blog posts. Reading back over it, everything about it just seems very machine written.

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#47

Post by N19PEDL2 »

bklyn11201 wrote: post #35
Klonoar wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and their credit card was offered multiple times during the flight The largest of the airlines in America make more profit from this than the airline aspect itself. There is far more that could be said on this but, ironically, I am on a flight and about to land.

Europe will financialize everything just slower and with more regulation. Branded credit cards are coming. See Brussels Airlines and Mastercard A well optimized domestic USA airline makes money from credit cards, points, trip insurance, upsells, and segments the consumer into a dozen bins based on what they’re willing to spend for a couple more inches of leg room.

> Branded credit cards are coming. See Brussels Airlines and Mastercard

As well as ITA and American Express, at least everywhere in Milan airport.

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#48

Post by zamadatix »

4fterd4rk wrote: post #36

How the hell is this AI slop getting upvoted? The early 777s are being retired because they're old. Engine failures are a thing that happens on all planes. You aren't going to retire planes because of one unless it reveals a greater issue, which this incident did not.

Being irrationally interested in the risks air travel has been a perennial news focus for folks since long before news was written by AI. Especially if it involves Boeing planes.

On the flipside, what they are looking at replacing the fleet with is an interesting follow-up if you regularly fly United.

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#49

Post by N19PEDL2 »

schmuckonwheels wrote: post #3

Clickbait. The B777 is probably the safest, most meticulously engineered commercial wide-body aircraft ever built. They're also getting old, and airlines retire old aircraft.

> The B777 is probably the safest, most meticulously engineered commercial wide-body aircraft ever built.

The last pure Boeing product before the merger with McDonnell Douglas…

Re: United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

#50

Post by ralph84 »

markus_zhang wrote: post #40

All 777-200 are less than 30 years old (June 1995 first commercial deployment according to Wikipedia). Considering we are still flying older aircraft such as MD (but as a cargo plane), can United find a buyer for this fleet?

There isn't a cargo conversion available for the 777-200 or 777-200ER. But at the right price they could probably find some buyers in the VIP and charter markets.
Post reply on HN