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Boeing 747-230B in Lufthansa livery on display at the Technikmuseum Speyer in Germany Boeing 747-128 on display at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace in France. As increasing numbers of "classic" 747-100 and 747-200 series aircraft have been retired, some have been used for other uses such as museum displays.
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.
Without engine thrust, a 747-200 has a glide ratio of roughly 15:1, meaning it can glide forward 15 kilometres for every kilometre it drops. The flight crew quickly determined that the aircraft was capable of gliding for 23 minutes and covering 91 nautical miles (169 km) from its flight level of 37,000 feet (11,000 m). [5]
A senior chief pilot with nearly 20 years of flight experience has been filmed sleeping in the cockpit of his 747 while his co-pilot records him snoozing.
Flight recorder (orange) in the aft equipment center of Boeing 747. Avionics bay, also known as E&E bay or electronic equipment bay in aerospace engineering is known as compartment in an aircraft that houses the avionics and other electronic equipment, such as flight control computers, navigation systems, communication systems, and other electronic equipment essential for the operation.
The aircraft involved, registered as B-18255, (originally registered as B-1866), MSN 21843, was the only Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft left in China Airlines's fleet at the time. The plane was delivered to the airline on 2 August 1979. The aircraft had logged more than 64,800 hours of flight time at the time of the accident.
The Boeing 747 was the first "jumbo jet". It was a prestige aircraft in the 1970s and purchased by many airlines as a fleet flagship. [5] Olympic Airways received its first 747 in 1973. [6] Olympic Airways was the flag carrier for Greece and had purchased 747s for some of its prime routes, including a nonstop between Athens and New York. [3]
The aircraft involved, was a Boeing 747-244B/SF, registered as 9G-MKJ with serial number 22170, that was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1980. It logged 80,619 airframe hours and 16,368 takeoff and landing cycles and was equipped with four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q engines. [2] [3]: 15