Is this a first for an airliner? i.e. first of type being broken up before the type has had an example written off in an accident?
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A Boeing 777 is heading for the breaker’s yard for the first time, just 11 years after the twinjet first entered service.
Memphis-based Universal Asset Management says it has acquired a General Electric GE90-90B-powered 777-200 (MSN 27109) - the nineteenth aircraft off the line - for disassembly...
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles...irst+time.html
This is an ex-BA bird. One of only three GE 77As ever produced. Undoubtably the least desirable of all the 777/engine combinations.
AFAIK It has GE90-76Bs too, not -90Bs. Aircraft looks in good shape, so it does seem odd that it is being broken up, especially after less than 11 years in active airline service. However i would think that it being a non ER model, the used market is not so strong hence it is more economical to strip the frame of useful parts.
These A market aircraft are the least likely candidates for freighter conversion due to their very low payload capabilities. This particular aircraft has a MTOW of 247 tonnes, the actual frieghters offered by Boeing can lift nearly 100 tonnes more.