Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.

A passenger plane with almost 200 people onboard caught fire as it was set to depart from an airport in South Korea ... and the inferno is on video.

He boarded the JAL 123 flight from Tokyo to Osaka. The jumbo jet, a Boeing 747-SR model, never made it to its destination. At around 6:56 p.m., the plane crashed into a ridge on Mount Osutakayama ...

Statistically, for now at least, flying is still much safer than driving. According to the International Air Transport ...

An asteroid the size of a jumbo jet that has more than a 1 per cent chance of hitting Earth has just been discovered. The ...

The asteroid is currently 27 million miles away and has a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032. After the NASA-funded ...

The trend towards carrying more passengers at slower speeds and lower fares – which Boeing itself sparked with the 747 jumbo ...

Revisit key moments in Hong Kong's evolution to becoming Asia's major global aviation hub, from Concorde's 1976 debut and ...

Reprotected on a wet-leased a/c due to an AOG? Simon Calder’s ultimate guide to aviation jargon - This A-Z of flying ...

Elon Musk used his new government efficiency role to stop by the operations of his competitor Boeing to look into the long-delayed efforts to renovate two 747 jets into the next generation of Air ...