B777 deconstruction

[cowpatz]

JA8942 was one of the first 2 Boeing 777-300s (not an ER) retired from JAL's fleet - JA8941 was the other. They were the first 2 of the type delivered to JAL in 1998.
Why only 17 years service? They were used almost exclusively on short-range Japanese domestic routes so had a lot of cycles.

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[Ian Warren]

YEAH PEOPLE CARRIERS ... really have to study this tomorrow morning over breakfast .. Thank Steve

[cowpatz]

Interesting how they disassembled it via the actual sections used when constructing it. I wonder why?
If it is just being scrapped I would have thought that they would just run a saw through it like they usually do. Surely they wont sell fuselage sections as a replacement part?

[Ian Warren]

A lot of these parts get checked engineering wise and sold off again two second/third level airline and company's.