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Air New Zealand Flight 24 was hijacked on the tarmac at Nadi International Airport, Fiji on 19 May 1987. The flight, operated by a Boeing 747-200 , was making a scheduled refuelling stop while en route from Tokyo Narita to Auckland .
Air France Asie used two Airbus A340-200 aircraft, F-GLZD and F-GLZE, and two Boeing 747-428Ms, F-GISA and F-GISC. Similarly, Air France Cargo Asie used a 747–200 Combi (for passengers and freight), F-GCBH) or the all-cargo (F-GCBL, F-GPAN and F-GBOX). Air France Asie ceased operations in 2004 while Air France Cargo Asie ceased operations in ...
Air India Flight 182 (1985): A Boeing 747 was destroyed by a terrorist planted bomb which caused the aircraft to explode and experience in-flight breakup off the coast of Cork, Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean. All 329 occupants on board were killed.
The second Supertanker (N479EV, tanker/tail number 979) was based on a 747-100 originally manufactured by Boeing in 1971 for Delta Air Lines. [2] It entered service for the first time in 2009, fighting a fire in Cuenca, Spain , and made its first American operation on August 31, 2009 at the Oak Glen Fire in California.
Parker was elected Mayor of the West Midlands in the 2024 election after a tight race, defeating Andy Street by 1,508 votes. [13]During the campaign, West Midlands Police confirmed that it was assessing allegations by Gary Sambrook, a Conservative MP, that Parker may have breached electoral law as his home address was outside the West Midlands Combined Authority boundary.
Air Koryo purchased a Tupolev Tu-204-300 aircraft in December 2007 and another in March 2010 to replace its aging international fleet. With the Tu-204, Air Koryo would be able to fly to Europe. [25] [26] Due to safety and maintenance concerns, Air Koryo was added to the list of air carriers banned in the European Union in March 2006.
The Boeing 767-375ER(BCF) (MSN 25865/430) aircraft was registered N1217A and was nearly 27 years old at the time of the accident, having been built in 1992.It was originally ordered by Canadian Airlines, but it was first placed into service by China Southern Airlines through GPA, an aircraft leasing company. [5]
[citation needed] Boeing 747-400 freighter operations were approved by the FAA on November 16, 2015, and Department of Transportation approval was granted on May 25, 2016. [citation needed] In June 2019, Flexport filed a complaint against Western Global Airlines, claiming that the airline failed to meet the reliability rate mandated by their ...