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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.
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.
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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-48EF registered as HL7604, the 1370th 747 built. It first flew on 15 February 2006, and was delivered to Asiana Airlines a week later. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown more than 26,300 flight hours and 4799 takeoff/landing cycles.
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 ...
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]
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
He started flying the 747 (the older -200 variant) in 1988 and was upgraded to a captain of the 747-400 in 1990. At the time of the accident, the captain had logged a total of 12,469 flight hours, including 3,559 hours on the Boeing 747. The 37-year-old first officer joined the airline in 1992, having previously served with the Republic of ...