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SX-OAA, named Olympic Zeus, was an Olympic Boeing 747-200. [1] [3] The 747-200 model featured more powerful engines and a higher maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) than the previous 747-100 model. [10] One of the principal technologies that enabled an aircraft as large as the 747 to takeoff was the high-bypass turbofan engine. [11]
He had 6,000 flight hours, including 440 hours on the Boeing 747. [9]: 6 [10] [11] [12] The first officer was 33-year-old Jamie Lee Brokaw, who had worked for the airline since 2009 and had 1,100 flight hours, with 209 of them on the Boeing 747. [9]: 10 The relief crew consisted of captain Jeremy Lipka, 37, and first officer Rinku Summan, 32.
The crew aborted take-off, but the aircraft was unable to stop before it overran the runway and broke up, with minor injuries. [46] On July 7, 2008, Centurion Air Cargo Flight 164, a 747-200F, crashed into a farm field near the small village of Madrid, Colombia, shortly after take-off from El Dorado International Airport. The crew had reported ...
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.
Kalitta Air Flight 207 (K4207/CKS207) was a scheduled cargo flight between John F. Kennedy Airport to Bahrain International Airport with a technical stopover at Brussels. [1] [2] On May 25, 2008, the Boeing 747-200 suffered a bird strike and overran runway 20 (later renumbered to 19 [3]) during takeoff at Brussels Airport, causing the aircraft to split into three large pieces.
The incident, which happened shortly after take off from New York’s JKF airport, forced the Boeing 747 to turn back from Boston. The flight, operated by specialist charter airline Air Atlanta ...
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 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.