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The 747-8 is a development of the Boeing 747 that takes advantage of improvements in technology and aerodynamics. The two 747-8 variants feature a fuselage stretch of 18.3 ft (5.6 m) over the 747-400, bringing the total length to 250 ft 2 in (76.25 m).
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.
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.
It will replace the 747 with the smaller Boeing 777-300ER, which has fewer seats on board. Korean's 777 carries up to 291 passengers, depending on the configuration, compared to the 368 seats on ...
Boeing New Large Airplane: 1990s: 523.6 tons 747 replacement powered by 777 engines, canceled in the 1990s Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship: 1990s: 4921.03 tpms US ground effect aircraft, developed with Russian consultation Tupolev Tu-404: 1990s: 595.45 tons Blended wing body airliner for 1,214 passenger, 110 m wingspan [5] Sukhoi KR-860: 1990s: 639. ...
The clause acts to perpetuate United having a Boeing-skewed fleet. [7] On September 22, 2012, United became the first American airline to take delivery of the Boeing 787 aircraft. [8] United is also the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787-9 [9] and 787-10 aircraft, [10] which are stretched versions of the base 787-8 model ...
Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet consisting of Airbus narrow and widebody and Boeing widebody aircraft. [1] [2] The mainline fleet is composed of seven different aircraft families: the Airbus A320 and A320neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747 and Boeing 787.
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.