ANA 777 loses right tailcone
 

According to the Yomiuri Newspaper, on Oct.29th, a Haneda-bound ANA 777-200 lost a tailcone from the right engine in cruise near Kochi prefecture, and landed in Osaka as a precaution. No reports of anyone finding it yet. . .

Fairly common on the 777 - I understand theres a mod out to improve the welds on the tailcone.

RR Trent 800 also had issue with tailcones. Srew holes were elongating, then cone dropped off.

PS Was that the a/c or the tailcone that landed safely in KIX?;)

The plane departed KIX and landed at Itami--someone lucky between KIX and Itami now has a freebie tailcone courtesy of ANA :cool:

With 43% of the market share - RR engines are apparently the engine of choice for the 777 buyers. .... More trivia - you can place a 737 fuselage inside of a 777 engine cowling - not that you would actually want to... :p


ANA announcement: (nice....! - i guess we're not in coach here....)
http://www.anaskyweb.com/us/e/travel...ps/b777-300er/

sorry . I was bored and couldn't resist.

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OK – off thread – but couldn’t resist.

Working maintenance for an airline that operated BAe146 in a hanger where we fixed the “other type” – one day they decide to day 146 engine change in “our” hanger – not a problem they sent in a “team of “specialists” to do the job so we could continue with “our” type.

Engine change done – off it goes – BIG PANIC – when it got to destination no engine exhaust shroud – appropriate reports made (CAA – everyone along route etc).

Then someone asks one of the bosses – what’s that 146 bit going over there in the corner ??

Boy was I glad I wasn’t a 146 “specialist”:ok:
(oh & no we didn't hide it)