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The aircraft was withdrawn from service and later converted into a freighter aircraft in October 2010. [2] DHL Aero Expreso took possesion in November 2010. The captain, age 58, had logged 16,381 flight hours, including 6,233 hours on the Boeing 757. The first officer, age 43, had 10,545 flight hours including 2,337 on the Boeing 757. [3]
United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland.On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu.
Asiana Airlines Flight 991 was a cargo flight operated by Asiana Airlines. On 28 July 2011, the Boeing 747-400F flying from Seoul, South Korea, to Shanghai, China, crashed into the sea off Jeju Island after suffering an in-flight cargo fire. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. [1]
The aircraft was a Boeing 707-321C that first entered service with Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in 1963. This aircraft was also the first convertible 707 built, [2] featuring a large freight door on the left-hand side of the forward fuselage, that permitted the carriage of main deck cargo when configured as a freighter. Dan-Air acquired ...
On 31 March 1993, Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E, a Boeing 747-121F (freighter), operated by Evergreen International Airlines returned to Anchorage International Airport after the No. 2 engine (inner-most left engine) detached. [3]: 33 [29] After this accident, Boeing issued a service directive to all owners of the 747 regarding its fuse pins.
With Alaska Airlines temporarily grounding all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft late Friday after a terrifying incident earlier in the day, memories of aviation disasters involving the 737 Max in ...
The Dreamlifter is one of the largest cargo planes flying thanks to its oversized fuselage, built to aid 787 Dreamliner production and part transport. ... Boeing's 747-400LCF Dreamlifter has flown ...
The fuselage for Boeing 737s is made by Kansas-based Spirit AeroSystems, which separated from Boeing in 2005. Spirit manufactured and installed the particular plug door that suffered the blowout ...