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The 747 Supertanker is a retired aerial firefighting airtanker derived from various Boeing 747 models. The aircraft is rated to carry up to 19,600 US gallons (74,000 L) of fire retardant or water. It is the largest aerial firefighting aircraft in the world. [1]
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.
The aircraft and cargo were released two days after the incident, but the OVV retained the damaged engine and the "black box" recorders. Longtail Aviation dispatched a replacement engine on another of their 747 freighters to facilitate the repairs necessary for return to service. [ 31 ]
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 ...
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.
The latest nation to take ownership of the Queen of the Skies is Egypt, which was the mystery buyer of an old 747 from Boeing in 2021.
[1] [3] The relief pilots urged the flight crew to enter a shallow dive to gain airspeed and avoid a stall, [1] [3] but this soon brought the aircraft close to San Bruno Mountain. The ground proximity warning system then alerted the captain, who had since taken over flying the aircraft, to pull up to avoid striking the hill. [3]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane made an emergency landing in Miami late Thursday shortly after departure after suffering an engine fire. The Federal Aviation ...