Airlines are constantly disposing of old aircraft and acquiring new ones. The reasons rarely have much—if anything—to do with ...

Some of the longest passenger planes in the world are real giants. Right now, the longest plane is the Boeing 747-8 at 250 ft ...

Certification and retrofit problems on two plane types are costing Lufthansa valuable lost revenue from fancy new Allegris ...

Almost ten years after the last Boeing 747 rolled off the production line, China is drawing up plans to build its own ...

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 ...

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

A pilot fainted midflight forcing a packed 747 he was flying to turn around while stewards tried to revive the captain.

A PILOT fainted mid-flight forcing the packed 747 he was flying ... to The Sun, a Lufthansa spokesperson said the passengers at Montreal were rebooked on other flights. The spokesperson said ...

A PILOT fainted mid-flight forcing the packed 747 he was flying to turn around while stewards tried to revive the captain. Lufthansa flight LH463 had just departed Miami, Florida, heading for ...