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The aircraft involved was the prototype Boeing 747-400 (Boeing 747-451, c/n 23719, reg N661US) and was built by Boeing, and started the flight testing program for the new model, registered as N401PW, in April 1988. It was subsequently reregistered as N661US and delivered to Northwest Airlines (the launch customer for the 747-400) on December 8 ...
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.
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.
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 ...
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 ]
Asiana Airlines Flight 991 was a cargo flight operated by Asiana Airlines.On 28 July 2011, the Boeing 747-400F flying from Seoul, South Korea, to Shanghai, China, crashed into the sea off Jeju Island after suffering an in-flight cargo fire.
As of January 2025, there were 427 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 151 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
Boeing 747-8F Boeing 747-400F. BA World Cargo fleet as at April 2014 consisted of: Boeing 747-8F (total of 3 were wet-leased from Global Supply Systems and phased out gradually) [9] BA World Cargo also used space on dedicated freighters operated by other carriers. Previously operated Boeing 707-320C. Boeing 707-320C [10] Boeing 747-200F [11 ...