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Boeing 747: Corrosion in pylon fuse pin leading to metal fatigue 4 on board, 39 on ground Engine No.3 separated from its pylon which caused the adjacent engine No.4 to also fall off, taking the slats with them; stall and crash on attempted landing 1996-07-17 TWA Flight 800: Moriches Inlet, near East Moriches, New York Boeing 747: Fuel tank ...
China Airlines Flight 611 (2002): A Boeing 747-200B disintegrated in mid-air over the Taiwan Strait due to a structural failure caused by improper repairs made following a tailstrike 22 years earlier. [7] All 225 occupants on board were killed.
The aircraft involved was the prototype Boeing 747-400 (Boeing 747-451, c/n 23719, reg N661US) and was built by Boeing, and started the flight testing program for the new model, registered as N401PW, in April 1988. It was subsequently reregistered as N661US and delivered to Northwest Airlines (the launch customer for the 747-400) on December 8 ...
Video footage of the aircraft coming in to land, posted by Airlines Videos Live on YouTube, shows the Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 plane skidding along the runway before starting to bounce off the ...
The Boeing 747-121 [Note 1] rolled off of Boeing's assembly line in 1969 as the 25th Boeing 747 constructed. [citation needed] Originally registered as N744PA, the aircraft was delivered to Pan American World Airways . N744PA remained under the ownership of Pan Am until 1991, when the airline declared bankruptcy on January 8, 1991. [1] [2]
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.
The Boeing YAL-1 airborne laser testbed was a modified Boeing 747-400F with a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside. It was primarily designed to test its feasibility as a missile defense system to destroy tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) while in boost phase .
After 50 years in the sky, the ubiquitous Boeing 747 has reached the end of its runway. Boeing's last 747 jumbo jet leaves factory after 50-year run [Video] Skip to main content