Malaysia Airlines statement: Plane had clean maintenance record
July 18, 2014  12:48
Malaysia Airlines has released a statement saying the MH17 plane had a clean maintenance record.

"The aircraft's last maintenance check was on 11 July 2014. The next check was due on 27 Aug 2014. The maintenance was conducted at Malaysia Airlines' hangar at KLIA. The aircraft had a clean bill of health.

"The aircraft was manufactured in July 1997, and so had 17 years in service. The aircraft had recorded 75322 hours with a total of 11434 cycles.

All communication system on the aircraft were functioning normally. The B777-200 uses the Rolls-Royce Trent-800 engine and has a 282 seat capacity."
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