On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747, the world’s first wide-body jet, took its maiden flight, revolutionising air travel.

T he Boeing 747 program has given us icons of the skies like the earlier 747-100 and 747-200 models, as well as the ...

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 flight from Miami to Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain became ...

A PILOT fainted mid-flight forcing the packed 747 he was flying to turn around while stewards tried to revive the captain.

This Boeing 747 doesn't carry passengers, nor is it a freighter plane... it carries a far more horrifying and deadly cargo of nuclear blastic weapons. With a capacity to fly across the ocean and ...

Although its numbers have thinned, ten airlines still operate the enormous, graceful Airbus A380 for international luxury ...

A Lufthansa Boeing 747 was forced to make an emergency landing when its captain fainted shortly after takeoff from Miami.

The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was one of the last great long-range airliners developed by Boeing before the jet age. The ...

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

DALLAS — Today at 11:34 PST, in 1969, the prototype Boeing 747 took to the skies from Seattle, Washington, for the first time ...

Commercial planes fill the skies carrying passengers and cargo. How fast do they typically fly, and what are the maximum ...

With long-haul business class seats having come on leaps and bounds over the years, with direct aisle access now largely ...