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The final major derivative was the 707-320, which featured an extended-span wing and JT4A engines, while the 707-420 was the same as the -320, but with Conway turbofan engines. Though initially fitted with turbojet engines, the dominant engine for the Boeing 707 family was the Pratt & Whitney JT3D , a turbofan variant of the JT3C with lower ...
1970. April 22: A Trans World Airlines 707-131 (N743TW) was destroyed by fire at Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. [1]September 6: Trans World Airlines Flight 741, was hijacked by terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine along with four others as a part of the Dawson's Field hijackings.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707-227 registered as N7071 with serial number 17691. It was manufactured on June 11, 1959. It was manufactured on June 11, 1959. It was operated by Boeing and it had accumulated 173 flight hours.
The new airport would have two runways, one 9,500 feet (2,900 m) and the other 9,000 feet (2,700 m), offering a greater safety margin for commercial jet aircraft such as the Boeing 707. [2] In 1972 commercial airline operations were moved to the new airport.
An Air France Boeing 707–320 similar to the crashed aircraft. ... This was the second accident in less than three weeks with an Air France Boeing 707 after the ...
For models 707 to 777, the full model number consists of an airplane's model number, for example, 707 or 747, followed by a hyphen and three digits that represent the series within the model, for example, 707-320 or 747-400.
Before the arrival of the Pratt & Whitney JT3D turbofan engine, the JT4A was used to power certain Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 models, bringing improved field performance in the medium-range Boeing 707-220 and Douglas DC-8-20, and intercontinental range in the Boeing 707-320 and the Douglas DC-8-30.
The 1977 Dan-Air/IAS Cargo Boeing 707 crash was a fatal accident involving a Boeing 707-321C cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on behalf of International Aviation Services Limited (trading as IAS Cargo Airlines at the time of the accident), which had been sub-contracted by Zambia Airways Corporation to operate a weekly scheduled all-cargo service between London Heathrow and ...