Which aircraft is safest to fly long haul?
Filed on Monday, March 8th, 2010 under Aviation Safety By aviator
I’m booking a trip to Europe, and can’t decide between a nonstop on a Boeing 777 with British Airways or a one stop on a 757 and 737 with Continental. Researching, both have problems with icing, and the 777 is all over the news because of two incidents with icing. Which is best?
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March 8th, 2010 at 6:02 am
A 747 series is probably the best…
March 8th, 2010 at 6:04 am
777 is clearly your best choice. Not only will it only get you there faster, but the plane is bigger and more comfortable. Don’t worry icing will not be a problem, it’s spring, so the chances of that happening are down. British Airways is a great airline, one of the best in the world. Continental is okay, but the 757 and 737 are smaller planes, meaning slower and not that comfortable. Don’t worry, your chances of icing is very low. Planes are safer than cars, and there is really nothing to worry about
Have a great time, good luck.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:56 am
777 is one of the most advanced Boeing airplane with state of the art modern avionics and technology not even present in certain 747 series. It is one of the planes with the most endurance and range for long haul flights. They are more than capable enough to handle problems like icing, it also depends upon the pilot’s skill. The 6 seater charter planes that I fly handle icing well enough
March 8th, 2010 at 7:15 am
777 the Icing was in the fuel lines, procedures have change to eliminate the problem. If it is a 777-300ER those use GE engines not RR which had the problem. By the way no fatalities in the 777 line.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:58 am
well on length of service it would be the boeing 747 series but if you’relooking on the safest big jet it would be the Airbus a380 partly because its not even been in service for a year yet and because there are only about, something like 12 of them in service at this time. oops sorry ive miss read the question. id take none of them instead id take the Airbus 321 series it would possibly be a 1 stopper but it’s the new age and boeing are becoming less popular. the airbus fleet is run by many british companys like BMI and BA. if youre certain to use british airways though and most of their fleet are boeing’s itd be the 777 non stop flight i would choose.
And finaly i would’nt worry about the plane it will have been serviced on a regular basis and shouldent be able to fly without this.
bit long but hope it helped anyway.
March 8th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Why should u worry..the boeing 777 is one of the best aircrafts up today…the problem was with the GE engine(which has been coreected since then and its one of the most powerdul engines ever made for ETOPS)…not in BA RR….so chll ot…
Go for the 777…u’ll probably love the engine noise…!!
Long live the Queen, Long live the 747 and the 777…..!!
March 8th, 2010 at 9:19 am
While icing is a common occurrence in aviation, I don’t think it should be the difference between choosing 2 airlines. Question, are you fearful of flying?
Both, these airlines planes fly often and are maintained to high standards. If you do a bit more research, you’d see we pilots have many ways of combating icing, and the planes are more than equip ed to deal with it.
The 2 isolated accidents should not be taken as generalisations.
I would choose the larger plane, with less stops. I know british is a bit more generous with leg room, and service.