Boeing 747 News

It was a central fuel tank explosion that sent TWA Flight 800 plummeting into the Atlantic Ocean in a 1996 crash that remains one of the country's most devastating airline accidents.

Editor's note: This story originally published on Aug. 23, 2000. WASHINGTON - A four-year federal investigation that cost $33 million has concluded that the crash of TWA flight 800 off the coast of Long Island that killed all 230 people aboard was definitely an accident.

United 787 sits at a gate at Sea-Tac Airport after being diverted from Tokyo due to an oil filter issue.

Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny The Solar Impulse solar-powered airplane is almost as wide as a Boeing 747 with a 208-foot wingspan but has the weight of a small car.

A Gathering Place for Tulsa lived up to its name Tuesday night as hundreds of people packed into Tulsa Community College's Center for Creativity for the unveiling of the park's Phase 1 design.

BOEING has announced that Korean Air has agreed to buy five 747-8 jumbo jets and six 777 planes in a deal worth $US3.6 billion at list prices, adding to an already strong order book at the Paris Air Show.

June 18, 2013 - Korean Air has committed to purchasing five GEnx-2B-powered Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft and six GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ERs.

Boeing today highlighted its twin-aisle family, noting that with the offering of the 777X, it will have an airplane serving every major segment of the market.

Boeing Co. said its stretched 787 Dreamliner promises to match sales of the smallest variant, boosting the plane's order tally as much as 60 percent, as it expanded its wide-body lineup to blunt an Airbus SAS challenge.

Boeing 's 747-8 program got a boost Tuesday when Korean Air agreed to buy five passenger planes.

In a big boost for Boeing's lagging 747-8 jumbo, Korean Air orders five passenger jets, plus six 777-300ERs.

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is set to increase its cargo capacity to the Philippines, when Emirates begins daily non-stop flights to Clark International Airport from 1st October 2013.

PARIS Boeing's biggest news of the Paris Air Show is likely to be the launch of the 787-10, the third and largest model of the Dreamliner.

After closing at 28 on Friday, CNN's Fear & Greed Index has fallen back to 25, or "extreme fear," suggesting that investors expect further volatility this week.

British Airways announced that its inaugural 'UnGrounded Innovation Lab in the Sky' landed in London today, bringing an all-star line-up of innovators together from leading companies such as Google, IBM, Microsoft, LeanIn.org and IDEO.

U.S. stock futures advanced, signaling the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will rebound from last week's decline, as investors awaited this week's Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.

Big finance waded into a rain-soaked Paris Airshow with more than $10 billion in orders for jumbo passenger jets as planemakers dueled over strategy for large aircraft on Monday.

Prime Minister David Cameron walks with Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and Wing Commander Faye Wiseman after arriving at Belfast International Airport.

International Russian airline, Transaero Airlines awarded GA Telesis Engine Services Oy an exclusive 10 year contract valued at up to $500 million to provide engine repair and overhaul services for Transaero's sixty-two General Electric CF6-80C2 engines for their Boeing 767 and Boeing 747 fleets.

Boeing celebrated the 50th delivery of a 747-8. Malaysian supplier partners who contribute 747-8 machined parts and structural components, include Asian Composites Manufacturing Sdn Bhd and SME Aerospace Sdn Bhd.