A Boeing 747 plane carrying 468 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing after the engine caught fire during take-off in Indonesia A Boeing 747 plane carrying 468 passengers was forced ...

Therefore, the sight of a Boeing 747-400 charter aircraft taking off on a Wednesday morning from Phoenix was nothing new. The ...

A gigantic financial gamble at the start, the 747 paid off ... before taking off. “My eyes are 29 feet off the ground. We have a guide man 150 feet in front of the airplane, and when I look ...

They are the heroes at height - the men and women who helped flight take off ... first commercial flight in a Boeing 747. The Rutan Voyager aircraft takes off from California to complete the ...

With the production of the jumbo jet having now ceased, those looking to buy a 747 will have to do so on the second-hand market.

An airplane of firsts and superlatives, the 747 owed its instant fame mostly to feats of size. It was the first jetliner with two aisles—two floors, even!—and enormous as it was, the 747 had ...