Extremely safe! Far safer than driving your new BWM to the airport to catch that flight!

Wouldn't even blink at it.

Safer than crossing the street every day

Safer than breathing most city air...

It's never crashed in 22 years ;)

@Doc If that's a rip-off brand selling BMW lookalikes, definitely.

@BritishSam Are airplanes never repaired even after a minor crash?

Still safer than a 737-MAX

It's not that old, aircraft are designed for that. If anything, it's not the age in years but the number of flight cycles that put a limit on the lifespan of an aircraft and long-haul planes like the 777 do a lot fewer cycles than short-haul aircraft.

@Machavity: Really? I’m too lazy to look up accident statistics.

Note that many parts of a plane are replaced in the course of regular maintenance - you're not flying in a plane where all the parts are factory originals that have been in service for 22 years. In the logical extreme of the Plane of Theseus, you could have a 22-year-old plane that has no 22-year-old parts.

As someone in Bangkok right now, a hell of a lot safer than partaking in everyday traffic here

The 777 airframe has a perfect safety record. All fatal accidents are attributable to fairly gross idiot-ball-tier human error

I fly ThaiAir very frequently .... the bkk sector mostly uses 777-200 .... stable aircraft even over the turbulent bay of bengal .... besides these Thai pilots are some of the best!

Many-decades-old cars can last quite a long time too, if they're well-maintained. But most cars aren't that well-maintained. Airplanes, though? They're extremely well-maintained.

@gerrit depends on your definition of a crash, I meant fatal

Probably safer than flying in a brand new Boeing aircraft, given the company's terrible track record in recent years.

22 years is not considered old AT ALL for an airplane...... that's practically new. It's not even that old for a car.. Plus, you know for a fact that the plane has flown many times without incident.

@gerrit planes tend not to have "minor crashes"...

@BenWatson Not even dents in their bumpers from parking at the grocery's?