The type remains in service with a handful of cargo and passenger airlines.

With all hydraulic systems lost, the crew struggled to control the Boeing 747 using only throttle adjustments. The harrowing ...

Without them, the massive jet was like a paper airplane on a gusty day—completely unresponsive to the pilots’ steering commands. The planned flight from of JAL 123 from Tokyo to Osaka turns off course ...

Japan Airlines has retired its last Boeing 747 Classic, 39 years after introducing the type. The last unit was a 747-300. The carrier introduced its first 747 Classic, a 747-100, in 1970. It still ...

Boeing 747 aircraft are still being sought after as passenger and freighter aircraft, as well as backups for Air Force One, by countries from the United States to Russia.

it has sold five of its Boeing 747-8s to Sierra Nevada CorporationOnly four airlines around the world still operate aircraft from the Boeing 747 family, also known as the 'Jumbo Jet,' as passenger ...

Japan Airlines’ retirement of its 747 fleet, once the world’s largest, has prompted the Japanese government to bring forward its plan to replace the two 747-400s it uses as official transports.