Quote Originally Posted by Jack F View Post
The integrity and soundness of the 777 has been well established for 11/12 years. For it to suddenly vanish with no mayday indicates something other than a problem with the plane.

Jack.
Yesterday a female reporter on Fox News said that "there have been numerous problems with the Boeing 777 in the past" (or some words to that effect) and she cited the accident in San Francisco a few months back as an example.You can hardly blame that one on the airplane. The first officer who was attempting the landing had fewer hours than I had on a 1946 Cessna 140 I owned back in the 1970's.

As Jerry indicated, the 777 has been in service since 1993.

The deaths are the first ever for that aircraft.

Jim