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The 707 was based on the 367-80 "Dash 80". During and after World War II, Boeing was known for its military aircraft. The company had produced innovative and important bombers, from the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-29 Superfortress to the jet-powered B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress, but its commercial aircraft were not as successful as those from Douglas Aircraft and other competitors.
Romanian Government (Romavia) Saudi Arabia. Royal Saudi Air Force. Saudi Arabian Royal Flight. South Africa. South African Air Force. Spain. Spanish Air Force operated four Boeing 707s — two tankers, one cargo aircraft and one configured for electronic warfare. The final one was retired on 3 October 2016 [16]
He died in Cuba in 2006. [15] July 28: TWA Flight 5787, a 707-331 (N787TW), crashed at Pomona, New Jersey, United States, due to loss of control after the hydraulic system was shut off, and five were killed. [1] August 29: TWA Flight 840 was hijacked by two PFLP members, Leila Khaled and Salim Issawai.
L. List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707. List of Boeing 707 operators. Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527.
The Boeing 707 flying the route disintegrated mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo Haneda Airport as a result of severe clear-air turbulence. The crash of Flight 911 was the third fatal passenger airline accident in Tokyo in a month, following the crash of All Nippon Airways Flight 60 on 4 February and that of Canadian Pacific Air Lines ...
0–9. 1971 Qantas bomb hoax. 1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash. 1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash. 1976 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crash. 1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash. 1983 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash. 1991 RAAF Boeing 707 crash. 2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash.
The aircraft was a Boeing 707-123B, registered as N7506A. It was the 12th Boeing 707 manufactured and was delivered to American Airlines on February 12, 1959. [2] At the time of the crash, it had accumulated 8,147 flight hours. Its last periodic inspection had occurred on January 18, 1962, at 7,922 hours. [3]
0. Continental Airlines Flight 11, registration N70775, was a Boeing 707 aircraft which exploded in the vicinity of Centerville, Iowa, United States, while en route from O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri, on May 22, 1962. The aircraft crashed in a clover field near Unionville, in Putnam County, Missouri, killing all 45 ...