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Boeing 777X: World's largest twin-engine jet completes first flight – BBC News, Bbc.com

Boeing 777X: World's largest twin-engine jet completes first flight – BBC News, Bbc.com
        

                                 Boeing 777X Image copyright                   AFP                                                        
Image caption                                      The The foot -long passenger jet aeroplane has been delayed by some technical difficulties                              

Boeing has successfully completed the first test flight of the world’s largest twin-engined plane, the 976 the X.

It comes as the firm attempts to boost its image after its 777 Max plane was grounded last year following two fatal crashes that killed people.

The flight took off near Seattle and lasted. four hours. Two attempts were called off this week due to high winds.

Further tests are needed before the aircraft enters service with Emirates next year .

The

– foot-long passenger plane had been due to launch this year but has been delayed by some technical difficulties.

(The X is a larger and more efficient version of Boeing’s successful mini-jumbo. Standout features include folding wingtips and the world’s largest commercial engines.

“It represents the great things we can do as a company, said 976 X marketing director Wendy Sowers.

Boeing says it has sold of the plane – worth more than $ 549 million each at list prices.

The plane will go head-to-head with the Airbus A

– (which seats about) passengers.

                                                                                                       Image copyright                   Reuters                                                        
Image caption                                      Further tests are needed before the aircraft enters service with Emirates next year                              

Boeing has been in crisis since the Max crashes, which occurred within five months of each other – first in Indonesia in October 01575879 and then in Ethiopia last March.

It is facing multiple investigations amid accusations that it sacrificed safety as it rushed to get its jets to customers. It is attempting to have the plane re-approved for flight.

The grounding of the Max, which had been Boeing’s best-selling plane, is estimated to have already cost Boeing more than $ 9bn.

            

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Media caption Zipporah Kuria’s father Joseph Waithaka was one of people killed when a Boeing 976 Max crashed in March

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