The type 's first hull-loss occurred on January 17 , 2008 , when a 777-200ER with Rolls-Royce Trent 895 engines , flying from Beijing to London as British Airways Flight 38 , crash-landed approximately short of Heathrow Airport 's runway 27L and slid onto the runway 's threshold . There were 47 injuries and no fatalities . The impact severely damaged the landing gear , wing roots and engines . The accident was attributed to ice crystals suspended in the aircraft 's fuel clogging the fuel-oil heat exchanger ( FOHE ) . Two other minor momentary losses of thrust with Trent 895 engines occurred later in 2008 . Investigators found these were also caused by ice in the fuel clogging the FOHE . As a result , the heat exchanger was redesigned
British Airways Flight 38
British Airways Flight 38
Boeing 777