Tag B747

Qantas – Boeing – B747-438 (VH-OJH) flight QF1

On 23 September 1999, at about 2247 local time, a Qantas Boeing 747-438 aircraft registered VH-OJH (callsign Qantas One) overran…

KOREAN AIR – BOEING – B747 (HL-7468) flight no. KL801

Korean Air flight KL801, a Boeing 747-3B5B (747-300), Korean registration HL7468, operated by Korean Air Company, Ltd., crashed at Nimitz…

TWA Trans World Airlines – Boeing – B747-131 (N-93119) flight TWA800

TWA Trans World Airlines flight TWA800 , a Boeing 747-131, N93119, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New…

Tower Air – Boeing – B747-136 (N-605FF) flight TOW41

Tower Air flight TOW41 : on December 20, 1995, at 1136, Tower Air flight 41, a Boeing B-747, veered off…

KLM vs PAN AM – Boeing B747 (PH-BUF N736PA) flights KL4805 – PAA1736 – The “Tenerife accident”.

KLM – PAN AM flights KL4805 – PAA1736 (the “Tenerife’s accident”) the highest death toll accident in aviation history. The…

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