Boeing 747

Hong Kong runway to reopen after crash, won't be used regularly for now

Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday were preparing to reopen the runway where a cargo aircraft crashed a day ago, but said it would remain out of regular use until wreckage from the accident was fully cleared. The Boeing 747 flown by Turkey-based ACT Airlines flight from Dubai skidded off to the left after landing in the early hours of Monday and collided with a patrol car, causing both to fall into the sea. Two workers in the car were found dead, while four crew members on the plane had no apparent injuries. Repairs to the runway and damaged fencing have been completed, Steven Yiu, the airport authority's executive director for airport operations, told Radio Television Hong Kong. He added that that investigators had collected initial evidence at the scene. But Yiu said the plane's cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder have not yet been retrieved. Authorities were aiming to put the runway on standby status, which means that it can be used for landings but will not be ...

Defense Department accepts luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the expensive gift from a foreign nation. The Defense Department will work to ensure proper security measures on the plane to make it safe for use by the president, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said. He added that the plane was accepted in accordance with all federal rules and regulations. Trump has defended the gift, which came up during his recent Middle East trip, as a way to save tax dollars. Why should our military, and therefore our taxpayers, be forced to pay hundreds of millions of Dollars when they can get it for FREE, Trump posted on his social media site during the trip. Others, however, have said Trump's acceptance of an aircraft that has been called a palace in the sky is a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on foreign gifts. Democrats

Boeing sees positive week as it tries to emerge from difficult era

Boeing has secured a pair of major orders in the Middle East during a visit to the region by President Donald Trump. The American aerospace manufacturer confirmed a USD 96 billion order from Qatar, one day after announcing an order from a company in Saudi Arabia for 20 737-8 jets and options for 10 additional aircraft. The Qatar deal, which includes Boeing's 787 and 777X jets, is the biggest order for 787s and wide body jets in Boeing's history, the company confirmed. That's pretty good, Trump said in announcing the order. Get those planes out there. It has been a particularly good week for Boeing. According to several media reports, China lifted a ban on its airlines taking deliveries of Boeing planes earlier this week as part of Monday's trade truce with the US. Boeing had already been in the news for its planes in the Middle East, but for different reasons. Donald Trump said he would accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar, setting off

Luxury jet being gifted by Qatar will be temporary Air Force One: Trump

Under the arrangement, which officials from both countries have acknowledged discussing, Qatar would offer a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet for use as Air Force One

Boeing CEO Calhoun apologises to relatives of 737 Max crash victims

US lawmakers prepared to press Boeing's chief executive Tuesday about the company's latest plan to fix its manufacturing problems, and relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners were in the room to remind him of what was at stake. CEO David Calhoun appeared before the Senate investigations subcommittee, which is chaired by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a Boeing critic. Blumenthal opened the hearing by recognising the relatives of the crash victims and the family of a Boeing whistleblower who died by suicide earlier this year. This hearing is a moment of reckoning, the senator said. "It's about a company, a once iconic company, that somehow lost its way." Calhoun's appearance before Congress was the first by a high-ranking Boeing official since a panel blew out of a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. No one was seriously injured in the incident, but it raised fresh concerns about the company's best-selling commercial aircraft. Calho

Boeing's directors plan to meet top airline chiefs without CEO Dave Calhoun

The CEOs of multiple prominent airlines have aired frustration with the state of Boeing's operations since the January accident

Boeing 737 Max probe still trying to find who caused door failure

The door plug on the Alaska Air 737 Max 9 blew off shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, prompting an explosive decompression

Boeing's largest union demands 40% salary hike over 3 yrs, as talks begin

The company's stock extended declines after the union announced its demands, falling as much as 2.2%

China may end freeze on Boeing 737 Max deal in US ahead of Xi-Biden's meet

A 737 Max agreement would mark an important breakthrough for Boeing, after it lost its market lead in China to arch-rival Airbus SE

TMS Ep365: RBI rate hike, Boeing 747, bond markets, geothermal energy

Will RBI now hit the pause button on rate hikes? How did the Boeing 747 change air travel? What do the Budget and RBI policy mean for bond markets? What is geothermal energy? All answers here

Boeing bids farewell to 'Queen of the Skies' 747 jumbo jets after 53 years

The final 747-8 passenger version can carry nearly 470 people on trans-Pacific and other longer-haul routes

Cornwall channels Cape Canaveral with its first planned space flight

The flight, slated for Monday, involves a so-called horizontal launch, with a rocket deployed from beneath a modified Boeing Co. 747 jet departing from Newquay's former air force runway

Cornwall channels Cape Canaveral with its first planned space flight

The flight, slated for Monday, involves a so-called horizontal launch, with a rocket deployed from beneath a modified Boeing Co. 747 jet departing from Newquay's former air force runway

Air India mandates Skytech-AIC to sell 4 Boeing 747-400 jumbo aircrafts

Tata Group-owned Air India has mandated UK-based remarketing firm Skytech-AIC for the sale of its four Boeing 747-400 jumbo planes. These aircraft were deregistered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation earlier this year. In a statement on November 21, Skytech-AIC said it has been appointed by Air India to market four Boeing 747-400s for outright sale. The aircraft, which are Pratt & Whitney 4056-powered and were built between 1993 and 1996, are offered for immediate delivery, it added. "We are honoured to have been selected by India's flag-carrier, Air India for this important assignment and are delighted to welcome them as a remarketing client alongside similarly leading airlines such as Singapore Airlines Group, Kuwait Airways, Air Greenland and Europe's TUI Group," Skytech-AIC Managing Director Julian Balaam said in the statement posted on the company's website. Apart from ferrying India's VVIPs -- president, vice president and prime minister -- the four jumbo planes ..

8 Cheetahs from Namibia set to arrive in Gwalior after 10-hour flight

The animals will be transported in wooden crates aboard a Boeing 747 aircraft, which sports the 'Siberian Tiger' theme livery

Project cheetah: World's first inter-continental carnivore translocation

The cheetahs are being brought under Project Cheetah with an aim to reintroduce the big cat in India, after they were officially declared extinct in 1952

Boeing CEO David Calhoun laments deal with Trump for Air Force One planes

The company lost $1.2 billion and took a $660 million write-down for Air Force One

DGCA deregisters Air India's 4 Boeing 747 jets not in operation since 2020

Planes as old as these 747s consume a huge amount of fuel and require extensive maintenance, they said

Boeing to end 747 production: Here are some key facts and milestones

From the beginning, everything about the plane, known as the "queen of the skies" was big

Queen of the Skies to end reign as Boeing winds down 747 jumbo jet output

Chief Executive Dave Calhoun says Boeing will stop building the iconic jet in 2022