The crew of the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft last communicated Communication with air traffic control Control ( ATC ) around 38 minutes after takeoff Self_motion when the flight was over the South China Sea .

It was the first time in the model 's history that a Boeing 777-200ER was written Writing off , and the first hull loss Earnings_and_losses of any Boeing 777 .

On the morning of 6 July 2013 , the Boeing 777-200ER crashed Catastrophe on final approach Arriving into San Francisco International Airport .