Flight status, tracking, and historical data for Southwest 777 (WN777/SWA777) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times. Apr 19, 2007 I beleive Bahrain-Doha is the shortest 777 flight with a distance of 91miles. The flight has now been upgraded to the B747-400 with British Airways. Total flight times always 22-24 hours, 90-120 min lay over each time. Completed both in Economy and business. I have to say the A380 business class is the perfect plane for ultra long haul. The 777 is good (better in the new pod) that Qatar offer but lacks the space to move about. May 11, 2005 There can be a shortest Safe landing distance, shortest possible distance, shortest Government approved distance, shortest undel heaviest load, etc. Many don't know that you can 'load your plane to max payload, rw weight or fly with an empty load. There are some load managers for some planes.

A British Airways Boeing 777-236/ER (G-YMMM (cn 30314/342)), flight BA038 from Beijing (PEK) to London Heathrow (LHR), landed short of runway 27L at LHR. The landing gear completely collapsed and passengers had to leave the Boeing 777 by emergency chutes. Six people are being reported for minor injuries. London Heathrow Airport was closed for 30 minutes.

An airport worker told the BBC the pilot on the Boeing 777 had said he had lost all power, and had been forced to glide the plane into land. The worker also said the pilot had told him all the electronics had also failed. “He said he had no warning – it just went,” the worker added.

Story & Pictures:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7194086.stm

Video:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,30400-1301161,00.html

Shortest 777 Flight Jet

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Shortest 777 Flight

http://www.flightglobal.com/AirSpace/photos/baboeing777accident/
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/17/heathrow.incident/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto