Passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 811 expected a routine journey across the Pacific. Instead, a cargo door suddenly ...

Commercial airliners are worth far less than you think.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing ...

The 747's iconic front-loading cargo door will prove hard to replace, but the economics may support replacement.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Korean Air is once again flying the world's longest Boeing 747 flight. Airlines have been phasing out the massive jet in favor of ...

According to 747sp.com, Boeing originally designated the aircraft the 747SB, for “short body,” an internal response to ...

While much of the world is familiar with America's Air Force One, China's presidential transport arrangements remain far less ...

Through the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, ...

Boeing’s 747 is big, but not so big that the forward fuselage can’t be part of a museum exhibit Bob van der Linden F. Robert van der Linden is a curator who specializes in commercial aviation.

The jumbo jet that shrank the globe is finally running out of runway, and Ian Bogost heads to the Arizona desert to watch it happen. Writing in the Atlantic, he visits Pinal Airpark, where Boeing 747s ...

Introduced on February 9, 1969, Boeing's 747 passenger plane was the first wide-body aircraft and became a popular plane with aviation fans and airlines alike. By 2022, Boeing built and delivered more ...

The UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published the final report on the severe electrical problems a Boeing 747-400SF was affected by during a shortened flight on Feb. 8, 2024, ...