Boeing 777 clips a Boeing 717 at Chicago

[JapanHanuma]

https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2024/01/16/ana-boeing-777-collides-with-delta-717-at-chicago/

ANA 11 B777 left wing cliped the rear of Delta 2122 B717 at Chicago O'Hare on Sunday evening.

A day before the airport was nearly closed due to a snowstorm.

[meleagertoo]

Mon Dieu!

Do 717s still exist?
I thought they'd been assigned to that scrapyard in the sky a decade ago!

[BFSGrad]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

Do 717s still exist?

Watched a Delta 717 fly overhead at about 1800 ft today so there's at least one.

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

Mon Dieu!

Do 717s still exist?
I thought they'd been assigned to that scrapyard in the sky a decade ago!

Many (if not most) of the 100+ 717s built are still in service with Delta and Hawiian (and others - I think QANTAS still operates some).
I do believe most are schedule to be retired in the next few years.

[KRviator]

Quaint-asre are slowly disposing of theirs, sadly. I was a regular on them flying out of Perth for many years. Be interesting to see the comparison with the A220 and A319.

[tdracer]

I flew on an A220 recently - OK but nothing special. I was a bit unimpressed with the (First Class) seat I was in - the table was broken so they couldn't serve me my lunch - surprising in such a young aircraft (I had to wait until the wife was done eating, then we swapped seats so they could serve me). But I know Airbus doesn't pick the interior vendor so I can't hold that against the aircraft. It was a bit on the noisy side compared to other Airbus aircraft I've flown on (although it's been way to long since I was on a 717 for me to make a comparison).

[West Coast]

Table broken

That could have simply been the handiwork work of the previous pax and not the age of the aircraft. We defer tables and seats frequently, fixed relatively quickly thereafter.

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by West Coast

Table broken

That could have simply been the handiwork work of the previous pax and not the age of the aircraft. We defer tables and seats frequently, fixed relatively quickly thereafter.

It wasn't just the table - the entire first class interior looked rather ratty for an aircraft that - at most - was maybe 18 months old. Further, if the table had been 'deferred' - no one told the cabin crew because -she tried to help me get it out of the seat (to no avail).
Again, I don't hold that against the aircraft since interiors are nearly always Buyer Furnished. But given that Delta had been bragging about how nice the interiors of their new A220s were, the experience was rather disappointing.

[Junkflyer]

Hawaiian still flies the 717. Been on a "5 years until replacement" plan for over a decade with nothing new coming up.
Nothing else really fits in the interisland market-too small or too large.
An airline in Spain is flying them as well.

[Maninthebar]

Wikipedia says... "As of December 2023, there are 105 Boeing 717-200 aircraft in service with three airlines."

List of Boeing 717 operators - Wikipedia

[Bidule]

Originally Posted by Junkflyer

An airline in Spain is flying them as well.

Volotea is no longer an 717 operator. They stop operating the type in 2021 (if my memory is right!). They went to the A319 instead.

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[Hollywood1]

Originally Posted by tdracer

It was a bit on the noisy side compared to other Airbus aircraft I've flown on (although it's been way to long since I was on a 717 for me to make a comparison).

Probably because it wasn't designed by Airbus. After now flying an Airbus from other jet types, I'm amazed how quiet the A320, especially the new NEOs.

[robocoder]

Originally Posted by Bidule

Volotea is no longer an 717 operator. They stop operating the type in 2021 (if my memory is right!). They went to the A319 instead.

I flew on a 717 in Spain a few years ago. At the time I was surprised because it was a new experience for me. I didn't know they were so (relatively?) rare though.

[Lapon]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

Mon Dieu!

Do 717s still exist?
I thought they'd been assigned to that scrapyard in the sky a decade ago!

You might be mistaken for the MD80 series - the B717s father. The later being produced until the mid 2000s.