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A Korean Air Boeing 747-8 charter flight carried over 300 South Korean workers back to Incheon after they were detained in a ...
WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – More than half a century since the original jumbo jet ushered in a new jet age, Boeing has bid farewell to its 747 jumbo jets or the ‘Queen of the Skies’. After 53 years since ...
Indeed, it gave airlines the range and seating capacity they needed, but the scale and four-engine layout also made it costly ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on. Since its first ...
In spotter jargon the label “whale-tail 747” is applied to the special jumbos with vertical stabs that are distinctly large ...
Is it the end of the line for the Boeing 747 as a commercial passenger plane? It sure looks that way for the original jumbo jetliner. Once the largest passenger plane on Earth, the 747 has defined the ...
SEATTLE — Boeing bids farewell to an icon Tuesday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial ...
The final Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field following a test flight Jan. 10, 2023, in Everett, Wash. Boeing bid farewell to an icon Tuesday when it delivered the jumbo jet to cargo carrier Atlas Air.