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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-48EF registered as HL7604, the 1370th 747 built. It first flew on 15 February 2006, and was delivered to Asiana Airlines a week later. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown more than 26,300 flight hours and 4799 takeoff/landing cycles.
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
The Boeing Dreamlifter, officially the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), is a wide-body cargo aircraft modified extensively from the Boeing 747-400 airliner. With a volume of 65,000 cubic feet (1,840 m 3 ) [ 1 ] it can hold three times that of a 747-400F freighter. [ 2 ]
Boeing announced a new 747 variant, the 747-8, on November 14, 2005. Referred to as the 747 Advanced prior to its launch, Boeing selected the designation 747-8 to show the connection with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, as the aircraft would use technology and the General Electric GEnx engines from the 787 to modernize the design and its systems.
Boeing 747-400: 4 1993 2014 Boeing 777-300ER: RP-C7471 carried then Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos on its delivery flight. Boeing 747-400M: 1 1996 2014 Originally the second 747-400M of Kuwait Airways (registration 9K-ADF), which was cancelled by the intended airline in favor of Boeing 777's. de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter: 6 1955 Un ...
Boeing 747-400BCF: 2 — Cargo: Boeing 747-400F: 28 — Cargo: 5 Operated for Nippon Cargo Airlines [20] Boeing 747-400LCF: 4 — Cargo: Operated for Boeing: Boeing 747-8F: 6 1 Cargo: Additional 747-8F from AirBridge Cargo to be delivered TBD [citation needed] 1 Operated for Kuehne + Nagel [21] 1 Operated for Apex Logistics The final 747 built ...
Boeing 747-200B: 19 1973 1994 Boeing 747-400: Boeing 747-200C/M: 1 1991 1992 None Boeing 747-200F: 3 1992 1995 Boeing 747-400F: Boeing 747-300: 11 1983 2001 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 777-300: Boeing 747-300M: 3 1986 Largest operator of its type along with KLM and Swissair: Boeing 747-400: 43 1989 2012 Airbus A380-800 Boeing 777-300ER: One written ...