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Varig Flight 797 was a flight from Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 3 January 1987, the Boeing 707-320C crashed while landing, killing all 12 crew members and 38 of the 39 passengers. [2] After an engine failure, the pilot decided to return but misjudged the approach and stalled the aircraft.
The new aircraft, which would likely have been named the Boeing 797, would be available in two versions: a 225-seater with 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) range and a 275-seater with a range of 4,500 nmi (8,300 km). Third-party forecasts for this market varied from 2,000 to 4,000 aircraft, though Boeing expected the market demand to lie at the upper end ...
The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, MSN 47196, originally registered as CF-TLU, that was manufactured in 1968 and was delivered to Air Canada on April 7. . It had logged 36,825 airframe hours and 34,987 takeoff and landing cycles and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B engin
The American plane maker has been under intense pressure since early January, when a panel blew off a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 Max midflight. On Monday, Boeing announced that CEO David ...
The crash was the country’s deadliest since 1997, when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed in the Guam jungle, with the loss of 228 lives. ... New York Dolls co-founder, suffering from stage 4 ...
Boeing had previously asked federal ... Boeing said Monday it is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of the plane. ... Two of the planes crashed in 2018 and ...
December 13: A GAS Air Nigeria 707-351C (5N-AYJ) crashed at Kom Omran, Egypt due to possible fuel exhaustion, killing all eight on board and one on the ground. [1] 1989. February 8: Independent Air Flight 1851, a Boeing 707, crashed into a hill on approach to Santa Maria, Azores. All 144 people on board were killed.
December 29, 2024: Jeju Air Flight 2216, operated by a Boeing 737-800 registered as HL8088, crashed into a concrete embankment housing the ILS localizer array following a belly landing at Muan International Airport, South Korea. Out of the 181 occupants onboard, 179 were killed and 2 survived, making it the deadliest involving the Boeing 737 ...