Kalitta Air’s Boeing 747-400F N740CK, built in 1989, is the oldest active 747-400 freighter still flying in 2025.

The aviation industry prides itself on safety. Today, flying is considered one of the safest modes of transportation—so much so that statistics suggest that traveling by large commercial aircraft is ...

Boeing 747 vs. Airbus A380! In this spectacular Top 30 compilation, watch the world’s most legendary aircraft perform powerful takeoffs and smooth landings at major international airports. From the ...

On March 27, 1977, a pair of Boeing 747 passenger aircrafts ... received clearance for take-off at Los Rodeos Airport - now operating under the name Tenerife North - KLM flight 4805 captain ...

48 years have now passed since the world’s most deadly aviation tragedy unfolded on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Almost half a century on, it is still difficult to fathom just how so many people ...

REUTERS Two 747s – KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am ... China Airlines Flight 611 disaster The 747, bound for Hong Kong, breaks in midair soon after take-off and crashes into the Taiwan Strait ...

A KLM 747-400 shows off its 211-foot wingspan ... “Forget the TV dinners where you take the foil off the top. With soup, you had to have the person on the aisle help you with the tray.

Sadly there have been five major Runway Collisions since 1977 that have claimed 778 lives. The deadliest, and the world's worst airliner crash, occurred in 1977 at Tenerife between two Boeing 747s and ...

On March 27, 1977, a KLM Boeing 747 and a Pan American Boeing 747 collided ... KLM captain Veldhuyzen van Zanten tried to take off without clearance, leading to the events. Thanks to cockpit ...

As I went through the various books, binders, charts and so on, I relived some of my memorable moments with the 747. BHPian Jeroen recently shared ... the cockpit during the whole flight including ...

Boeing‘s 747 ... 747 off the ground has spelled its end, as advances made it possible for dual-engine jets to replicate its range and capacity at lower cost. Yet the 777X, set to take the ...