SAN FRANCISCO, California -- United Airlines flew the last flight of its venerable, four-engine 747 jet. Call it a victim of changing times and more efficient aircraft, but the airline sent it out in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- United Airlines flew the last flight of its venerable, four-engine 747 jet. Call it a victim of changing times and more efficient aircraft, but the airline sent it out in style.

Boeing rolled the first 747 out of its Everett wide-body aircraft plant over 50 years ago, on Sept. 30, 1968, ushering in the jumbo-jet era. Click on for more photos of the first 747, and other 747s ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said on Thursday that it is retesting the altitude indicators on seven of its Boeing 747 jumbo jets after determining that test equipment at a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON)—A United Airlines flight landed safely back at San Francisco International Airport Monday afternoon because of an engine problem. Flight 837 left the airport around 11:40 a.m.

Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to fail. The intense vibrations terrify the passengers, and are so strong that ...