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Several aircraft were damaged and written off, including a PIA Boeing 747-367, registered as AP-BFV. There were 36 fatalities, including the 10 attackers. On March 19, 2015, a 747-SP registered as 7O-YMN used by the president of Yemen, was damaged by gunfire from troops loyal to deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Photos released a few months ...
The crew was led by 58-year-old Captain Ralph G. Kevorkian, who had flown for TWA for 31 years and the U.S. Air Force for nine years and had logged 18,700 flight hours, including 5,400 on the Boeing 747. Captain/check airman Steven E. Snyder, 57, had flown for TWA for 32 years and had logged 17,200 flight hours, including 4,700 on the Boeing 747.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-244BM Combi registered ZS-SAS and named Helderberg.This was the 488th 747 built, made its first flight on 12 November 1980 and was delivered to South African Airways (SAA) on 24 November 1980.
Wreckage of the Pan Am Boeing 747. The accident was investigated by Spain's Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission (CIAIAC). [4] About 70 personnel were involved in the investigation, including representatives from the United States, the Netherlands [49] and the two airline companies. [50]
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan.On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 flying the route suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight.
The aircraft involved was a 20-year-old Boeing 747-428BCF, [note 1] registration N949CA, [8] S/N 25630, and named Lori. [7] It was manufactured in 1993 as a combi aircraft , and delivered to Air France and operated as a passenger aircraft until 2007 before it was modified for service as a freighter with Air France Cargo, and was sold to ...
The wreckage of TWA Flight 800 was stored in a hangar in Calverton, New York, as investigators probed the cause of the explosion of the airliner shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy ...
The aircraft involved, registered as B-18255, (originally registered as B-1866), MSN 21843, was the only Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft left in China Airlines's fleet at the time. The plane was delivered to the airline on 2 August 1979.