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The NTSB recommended that all 747-100s in service at the time replace their cargo door latching mechanisms with new, redesigned locks. [1] In 1989, the flight crew received the Secretary's Award for Heroism for their actions. [20] The aircraft was repaired, re-registered as N4724U in 1989, and returned to service with United Airlines in 1990.
15 December 1989 () Summary: Quadruple engine failure due to blockage by volcanic ash: Site: Over Redoubt Volcano, Anchorage, Alaska: Aircraft; PH-BFC, the aircraft involved in the incident, seen in 2014. Aircraft type: Boeing 747-406M: Aircraft name: City of Calgary: Operator: KLM: IATA flight No. KL867: ICAO flight No. KLM867: Call sign: KLM ...
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.
February 19 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 66, a Boeing 747-247F cargo aircraft, crashes near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killing the entire crew of four. February 24 – A cargo door failure causes a piece of fuselage to detach from United Airlines Flight 811 , a Boeing 747-122 , over the Pacific Ocean near Honolulu , Hawaii.
China Airlines Flight 334 was a Boeing 747-2R7F/SCD freighter aircraft that was hijacked by pilot Wang Hsi-chueh (Chinese: 王錫爵), a former military U-2 pilot, on May 3, 1986, while en route to Don Mueang, Thailand. Wang had left family members behind in China when he left for Taiwan in 1949 and had met some of them in Hong Kong in 1984.
On February 19, 1989, the FedEx-owned Boeing 747-249F-SCD crashed while on its final approach. The aircraft impacted a hillside 437 ft (133 m) above sea level and 12 km (7.5 mi; 6.5 nmi) from Kuala Lumpur, resulting in all four occupants being killed.
Boeing 747 hull losses; 0–9. 2006 O'Hare International Airport runway incursion; A. Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386; Air India Flight 182; Air India Flight 855;
The airplane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (registration N1819U [6]), was delivered in 1971 and owned by United Airlines since then.Before departure on the flight from Denver on July 19, 1989, the airplane had been operated for a total of 43,401 hours and 16,997 cycles (takeoff-landing pairs).