The aircraft fills the size gap between the Boeing 767 and Boeing 747. The Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group introduced the Boeing 777 family of aircraft in 1989. The 777 has two pod-mounted turbofan engines below the leading edges of the wings, rated at 327 to 436kN thrust. The Boeing 777-200 main landing gear features six-wheeled bogies. The Boeing 777 was the first aircraft with an ARINC 629 digital data bus linked to the main and standby navigation systems. The Boeing 777-300 is a stretched version, seating 328 to 394 passengers in a three-class arrangement. The Boeing 777-200 seats between 305 and 328 passengers in a typical three-class configuration. More than 700 of the Boeing 777 family have been delivered since the aircraft entered service in May 1995.
