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Boeing 747 hull losses; 0–9. 2006 O'Hare International Airport runway incursion; A. Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386; ... Flying Tiger Line Flight 66; H. Hindawi ...
The aircraft then flew to Cairo, Egypt over uncertainty of the airport at Dawson's Field handling such a large aircraft as a 747. The passengers and crew were evacuated and seconds later the aircraft was blown up. This was the first loss of a Boeing 747. May 29, 1971 Flight 442, a Boeing 707, was hijacked to Cuba by one person. [55] July 2, 1972
The Boeing 747-121, registration N747PA, manufacturer's serial number 19639, first flew on April 11, 1969 and was delivered to Pan Am on October 3, 1970.It was the second 747 off Boeing's production line but was delivered nearly ten months after Pan Am's first 747 flight.
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.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-406M, serial number 23982, and registered as PH-BFC. It was, at the time of the incident, almost 6 months old. The 747 was equipped with four General Electric CF6-80C2B1F engines. [2]
On August 11, 1982, the Boeing 747-121 serving the flight, nicknamed Clipper Ocean Rover, was en route to Hawaii when the airplane was damaged by a bomb that had been placed on board. Despite the damage to the aircraft, Captain James E. "Skipper" O'Halloran III, of Spokane, Washington , First Officer Ray Schuller, and Engineer Neil H. Nordquist ...
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.
Pan Am Flight 93 was the first hull loss of a Boeing 747 (747-121), the result of terrorism after it was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. On September 6, 1970, a new Pan American World Airways aircraft flying from Amsterdam to New York City was hijacked and flown first to Beirut, then to Cairo. Shortly after the ...