you have the series 200 of the plane. that s not so much in use, being sold anymore. it s now the 300 series which is an even longer version, and boeing only last week sorry, last month, the palace air show, boeing has announced that it is going to consider and it will look to make a larger version of the 777. not the 787-10, but they are looking to make a 777-x which is an even larger version of that plane. it is boeing s it is at the moment one of boeing s if not boeing s single most successful aircraft, most popular aircraft. airlines can t buy enough of them. richard, as we await the press conference at the ntsb at the bottom hour here, as you know and as you report when these airplanes come into existence, when they test them and they go on the market. there are always issues. do you remember any issues with the 777 that would hint at a problem here? no, no, not at all.
and what we know about this particular aircraft. it s a 777 or triple 7, it can carry a lot of passengers between 305, 440 depending on how it s configured. it crosses the oceans. the newer models can fly more than 8,000 nautical miles without stopping to refuel. 777 cruises about 43,000 feet, entered the commercial fleet back in 1990 and more than 60 commercial airlines have them in their inventory. what do you know about this particular about a 777? the triple 7? it is the queen it is the workhorse of the oceans these days. where you need where you need large numbers of seats so you re not you re not going to use a 330. where you need large numbers of seats but you don t need an a-380 or the 737, it s the 777. it came into service with the united airlines who were the large customers. one airline ceo said to me when he brought it into service, it s a game changer.
this flight originated. dian diana, what are you hearing as morning and the sun starts to come up there? hi, don. well, there has been a countermeasure task force set up by the ministry of land and transport here in seoul as they are investigating it, as yana airlines, the airline responsible also said that it s investigating. we know that there were 291 passengers on board that flight which left seoul s airport yesterday seoul time at 4:53 p.m. in the afternoon and 16 staff, so 307 people altogether on board. asiana is second largest airline, second to korean air. it has flights to san francisco every day, the flight time s a little over ten hours. but as you can imagine it s early in the morning here just past 6:00 a.m., so it will be some time before we ll get reaction from passengers, but many, many people on board that