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The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on July 30, 1982. The initial 767-200 variant entered service on September 8, 1982, with United Airlines ...
231. LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 was a Boeing 767 (registered SP-LPC) passenger jet on a scheduled service from Newark, United States, to Warsaw, Poland, that on 1 November 2011 made a successful gear-up emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport, after its landing gear failed to extend. All 231 aboard survived without serious injuries.
As of 12 September 2024, the United Airlines fleet consists of 972 mainline aircraft, making it the second largest commercial airline fleet in the world. [1][2][3] United Airlines operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and all Boeing widebody aircraft. With an average age of 16.3 years, United has the oldest fleet of all major US ...
The Boeing 767 diverted to Shannon, Ireland "to address a potential safety risk" caused by the stray laptop, a United Airlines spokesperson told USA TODAY in an email. The airline did not confirm ...
Transatlantic flight. A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, Latin America, or vice versa. Such flights have been made by fixed-wing aircraft, airships, balloons and other aircraft.
On December 22, 2001, a failed shoe bombing attempt occurred aboard American Airlines Flight 63. The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300ER (registration N384AA) with 197 passengers and crew aboard, was flying from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Miami International Airport in the U.S. state of Florida. The perpetrator, Richard Reid, was ...
The first transatlantic flight powered only by “Sustainable Aviation Fuel” (SAF) is due to take off at 11.30am today from London Heathrow, destination New York JFK.. Virgin Atlantic is ...
Fleet development. Throughout the airline's history, Virgin Atlantic has operated a mix of widebody aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, as well as a limited number of narrowbody Airbus aircraft. Initially launching with a fleet of Boeing 747-200 aircraft in 1984, the airline's fleet continued to be composed entirely of four-engined widebody ...