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SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. [1] In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
Boeing has received orders for 777 VIP aircraft based on the 777-200LR and 777-300ER passenger models. [223] [224] The aircraft are fitted with private jet cabins by third party contractors, [223] and completion may take three years. [225] KC-777 – this was a proposed tanker version of the 777.
B-HNL, originally registered as N7771, at Geneva Airport on 9 September 1995. The Boeing 777 is the world's largest twin-engine jet and the first of two Boeing aircraft to feature fly-by-wire flight controls, followed by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. [3] [4]
A component of the Chicago Area Waterway System, it connects the Little Calumet River at its eastern end to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at its western end. The Cal-Sag Channel is utilized for inland shipping , recreational boating and drainage purposes in what was an active zone of heavy industry in the Far Southeast Side neighborhoods ...
A KLM Boeing 777 flying from the Netherlands to South America turned around over the Atlantic Ocean. The passengers were traveling to the small nation of Suriname but ended up back in Amsterdam.
In a more narrow sense, the Chicago Harbor is that artificial harbor on Lake Michigan located at the mouth of the Chicago River bounded by outer breakwaters to the north and east, Northerly Island to the south, and the Chicago shoreline to the west. The main entrance to this harbor is marked by the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse.
An object that could be debris has been found off Mozambique and is being examined by investigators searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Missing MH370: Possible Boeing 777 part ...
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