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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.
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 aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-406M, serial number 23982, and registered as PH-BFC. The aircraft had its maiden flight on 30 June 1989. It was, at the time of the incident, almost 6 months old and was delivered to KLM in September 1989. The 747 was equipped with four General Electric CF6-80C2B1F engines. [3] [4]
On February 20, 2005, the innermost left engine burst into flames triggered by an engine compressor stall almost immediately after takeoff. The Boeing 747-400 continued to fly across the United States , Canada , and the Atlantic Ocean with its three remaining engines despite air traffic controllers expecting the pilots to perform the emergency ...
TWA Flight 800, was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, at about 8:31 p.m. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris.
MIAMI — A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff.. The aircraft landed safely Thursday night “after ...
One of the principal technologies that enabled an aircraft as large as the 747 to takeoff was the high-bypass turbofan engine. [11] In the late 1960s, Pratt & Whitney developed a new such engine, and designated the JT9D to power the 747; [ 12 ] [ 13 ] with water injection , it delivered more thrust for the heavy jumbo jet.
New York City — A possible bird strike just after takeoff forced an American Airlines passenger jet Thursday night to make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New ...