The choice of the Boeing 747 as the primary aircraft to ferry the Space Shuttle orbiter was a decision rooted in the jumbo ...

Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to ...

Seattle • Some legends really are true, and indeed it is the case that two men on an Alaskan fishing trip in the mid-1960s struck a bargain that wound up starting the era of the jumbo jetliner, which ...

(CNN) — More than half a century since the original jumbo jet ushered in a glamorous new jet age, helping bring affordable air travel to millions of passengers, the last-ever Boeing 747 was delivered ...

A brand-new Boeing 747 departed Paine Field this week for the last time after a 50-year run. “It’s just an iconic plane," said Dennis Gould, who worked on many of the 747 jets born in the Puget Sound.

The final Boeing 747 to be built left the airframer’s Everett, Washington plant on 1 February, closing a five-decade-long era for the US airframer. The aircraft with the registration number N863GT, ...

The accident occurred about 3.50am Hong Kong time (6.50am AEDT) during challenging weather conditions. The four crew members ...

This morning, a Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft skidded off the runway and into the adjacent sea while landing at Hong Kong ...