The Boeing 747 is one of the most popular and most recognizable aircraft ever produced, featuring a second deck at the front of its fuselage and four powerful engines under its wings. The 747 was the ...

Two security staffers at Hong Kong International Airport were killed when a Boeing 747 cargo plane skidded off a runway, crashed through a permitter fence, hitting their patrol vehicle and falling ...

BEIJING—A cargo airplane skidded off the runway while landing at Hong Kong’s airport early on Monday, sending the aircraft into the sea and killing two ground staff. The accident took place at 3:50 ...

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates’ SkyCargo division has taken its Boeing 747 freighter fleet to six, as the company continues to weigh its future cargo aircraft options. Emirates says it has reached a ...

The Boeing 747 was a landmark in the history of commercial aviation, a "moonshot" project from the storied company that made long-distance travel affordable and accessible to the masses. Four jet ...

The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing's 747 jumbo jet, an aircraft that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine passenger jets, has bounced back from near death to mark its ...