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747-100 December 13, 1969 Pan American World Airways: July 2, 1976 British Airways: 167 747-100SR September 26, 1973 Japan Airlines: April 2, 1975 Japan Airlines: 7 747-100BSR December 21, 1978 All Nippon Airways: November 12, 1982 All Nippon Airways: 20 747-100B August 2, 1979 Iran Air: April 2, 1982 Saudi Arabian Airlines: 9 747-100B SUD ...
When Korean stops flying its 747 to Atlanta in March, Lufthansa's 7,133-mile trek between Frankfurt and Buenos Aires would become the new longest passenger 747 flight by distance.
Only 45 were built. However, some of the engineering work on the 747SP was reused with the development of the 747-300. In the 747SP, the upper deck begins over the section of fuselage that contains the wing box, not ahead of the wing box (as is the case with the 747-100 and 747-200). This same design was used in the 747-300 and newer 747-400 ...
Oman Royal Flight operates two Boeing 747s. The older 747-400 was delivered in 2001, while a newer 747-8 was delivered in 2012. The Sultan also owns a business-jet version of Airbus' A320 and A319 ...
China Airlines Flight 006 was a daily non-stop international passenger flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport.On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident, following the failure of the No. 4 engine, while cruising at 41,000 ft (12,500 m).
The aircraft landed safely Thursday night “after experiencing an engine malfunction soon after departure," Atlas Air said Friday.
The news comes two weeks after the Alaska Airlines flight incident, which prompted the FAA to ground certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes across the U.S. That move thrust the nation's air travel into ...
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.