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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-406M, serial number 23982, and registered as PH-BFC. The aircraft had its maiden flight on 30 June 1989. It was, at the time of the incident, almost 6 months old and was delivered to KLM in September 1989. The 747 was equipped with four General Electric CF6-80C2B1F engines. [3] [4]
A local fire department representative reported that multiple witness on the ground saw the aircraft flying with an active engine fire. Video of a 747 in flight with smoke trailing from one engine was also posted to Twitter. Falling debris damaged parked cars, [22] and press accounts of the incident included a widely circulated photo of the ...
The same aircraft at Heathrow, in 1993, after being repaired and re-registered as N4724U. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-122 (registration number N4713U). [2] It was delivered to United Airlines on November 3, 1970. [3] Its serial number was 19875 and it was the 89th 747 built.
A Boeing 747 cargo plane made an emergency landing Thursday night after it was seen spewing flames in the night sky over Miami. The Federal Aviation Administration, which is already investigating ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane made an emergency landing in Miami late Thursday shortly after departure after suffering an engine fire. The Federal Aviation ...
The flight took off at about 9:24 p.m. on 20 February 2005. When the aircraft, a four-engine Boeing 747-436, was around 300 feet (91 m) into the air, flames burst out of its number 2 engine, a result of engine surge. The pilots shut the engine down. Air traffic control expected the plane to return to the airport and deleted its flight plan.
Hot exhaust gasses caused a fire on the left wing. The aircraft, VT-EBO, was damaged beyond repair. [18] British Airways Flight 149 was a 747-100 flying from London Heathrow Airport to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Kuala Lumpur, with stopovers in Kuwait International Airport and Madras International Airport (now Chennai).
When Korean stops flying its 747 to Atlanta in March, Lufthansa's 7,133-mile trek between Frankfurt and Buenos Aires would become the new longest passenger 747 flight by distance.