On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747, the world’s first wide-body jet, took its maiden flight, revolutionising air travel.

after a long fligth from Frankfurt. January 22, 2025, marks the 55 th anniversary of the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, the graceful giant jet that changed the world of travel.

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 flight from Miami to Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain became ...

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 ...

A private medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday evening. Several homes are engulfed in flames. CBS News transportation safety expert and analyst Robert Sumwalt has more. Skybound ...

A PILOT fainted mid-flight forcing the packed 747 he was flying to turn around while stewards tried to revive the captain.

The Boeing 747 is celebrating its 55th anniversary since its first revenue-generating flight (with Pan Am). It's been five years since Simple Flying looked back on the Jumbo's then-50-year long ...

The Boeing 747-200 aircraft cargo flight flew in from Liege in Belgium and departed for Larnaca in Cyprus a few days later. The aircraft type has been in service since 1971 and represents the first ...

The Boeing 747 remains a tremendously influential ... The 757 would be introduced over a decade later, making its first test flight in February 1982. The following January it began its work ...

DALLAS — Today at 11:34 PST, in 1969, the prototype Boeing 747 took to the skies from Seattle, Washington, for the first time ...