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Traditionally regarded as one of the safest planes in the skies, the Boeing 777’s reputation will have been damaged by the second fatal crash in less than a year. 波音777机型一向被认为是空中客机中最安全的机型，但是在不到一年的时间里发生的两起坠机事故令它名声扫地。 There are around 1,000 Boeing 777s in service, and the plane is a long haul workhorse, plying some of the longest routes. 全球共有1000架波音777客机正在使用中。飞机是一个长距离运输的交通工具，担负着一些最长距离航行的任务。 It entered service in 1995 and the National Transportation Safety Board, which is responsible for monitoring US-made aircraft, has logged fewer than 60 incidents. 波音777在1995年投入使用，美国国家运输安全委员会负责监视美国制造的飞机，至今数据库中有的事故记录不超过60条。 But the recent record has been more patchy with two major incidents - a crash at San Francisco airport last July, which claimed three lives, and the crash-landing of a British Airways 777 at Heathrow in January 2008. 但是最近两起重大事故使得数据库的记录看起来很不和谐——去年7月份韩亚航空旧金山发生的坠机事故（造成三人死亡）和2008年1月份英国航空的波音777客机在希思罗机场的迫降事件。 But the Malaysian disaster is very different from both the BA incident and the crash involving a Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco International Airport in July. | 
