Upon landing in Osaka, the plane had a severe tailstrike, damaging fuselage frames, skin, and the aft pressure bulkhead. In ...

For the Boeing 747, under ideal conditions, the aircraft must reach a speed of 184 mph to take off. Cruising speed is the ...

The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel, has been given a regal send-off in the skies over Washington State. Atlas Air, an American cargo airline, took delivery of the last 747 ...

Boeing also decided to retire the program, having built over 1,550 jumbos. The final 747 rolled off the assembly line in Everett, Washington, on December 6, and will be delivered to cargo giant ...

A Boeing 747 Dreamlifter, one of the largest cargo planes in the world, mistakenly landed at a tiny Kansas Airport last night. Now will have to take off from a runway that's significantly shorter ...

Boeing is widely known for its commercial airplanes, but it also makes military planes flown by the U.S. and its allies. Here ...

Leeds Bradford Airport has marked 40 years since a runway upgrade heralded the arrival of transatlantic flights. The first ...

A pilot described as the 'world’s longest-serving Boeing 747 Captain' has explained why flight attendants teach aeroplane ...

British Airways’ 747-400s have a capacity of 345 passengers and can reach a top speed of 614mph.

Australian airline Qantas has bid farewell to its last Boeing 747 aeroplane with one final flourish ... low humidity and little rain - mean aircraft take a lot longer to rust and degrade.

The second Boeing 747-8 arrived in Dayton after a 12-hour flight from Seoul and will be converted to a ‘Doomsday’ aircraft at SNC’s Aviation Innovation and Technology Center. Sierra Nevada ...