Boeing 747
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The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. It was conceived in response to the demand of Pan
A Boeing 747-200 operated by Iberia
Cutaway drawing of a Scandinavian Airlines 747-200M Combi showcasing the 747's freight carrying capabilities
Cargo nose door open with cargo loader
An Iran Air 747-200, showing an early-production 747 cockpit with a flight engineer, located on the upper deck
Pan Am Flight 103
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Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via stopovers in London and New York City. Shortly after 19:00 GMT on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 Clipper Maid
Boeing 747
…The 747 also fell victim to several mid-air bombings, two of which resulted in major fatalities and hull losses, Air India Flight 182 in 1985, and Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. Much rarer is the destruction of 747s in war, as was the case for British Airways Flight 149, a 747-100 that had been abandoned in Kuwait in…
The remains of the forward section
N739PA, the aircraft involved, seen in 1987
Air Accident Investigation Branch model showing fuselage and tail fracture lines and ground locations of parts: Green—southern wreckage trail; red—northern wreckage trail; grey—impact crater; yellow—Rosebank (Lockerbie); white—not recovered/identified.
Dryfesdale Cemetery memorial stone dedicated to Bernt Carlsson