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The Boeing 747 was designed with an outward-hinging cargo door, unlike a plug door, which opens inward and jams against its frame when closed as the pressure drops outside in flight, making accidental opening at high altitude impossible. The outward-swinging door increases the aircraft's available cargo capacity (less room inside the fuselage ...
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.
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.
While Boeing 747s were still used on the same route operating with the new flight numbers in the years following the crash, they were replaced by the Boeing 767 or Boeing 777 in the mid-1990s. Boeing 747-100SRs continued to serve JAL on domestic routes until their retirement in 2006, having been replaced by newer widebody aircraft, such as the ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The crash was the first fire incident on the 747 Combi and one of few fires on widebody aircraft. Fred Bereswill, the investigator from Boeing, characterised the Flight 295 fire as significant for this reason. [29] Barry Strauch of the NTSB visited Boeing's headquarters to inquire about the Combi's design.
The crash was blamed on lithium-ion batteries in the cargo hold that caught fire. [52] On February 16, 2011, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 817, a Boeing 747-368, was involved in a taxiway excursion and suffered substantial damage. All 277 occupants onboard survived without injury. [53]
The aircraft was a Boeing 747-121, registration N736PA, named Clipper Victor. It was the first 747 to be delivered to an airline. It was the first 747 to be delivered to an airline. Of the 380 passengers (mostly of retirement age, but including two children), 14 had boarded in New York, where the crew was also changed.