DALLAS — Today at 11:34 PST, in 1969, the prototype Boeing 747 took to the skies from Seattle, Washington, for the first time. Test pilots Jack Waddell and Brien Wygle were on the flight deck with ...

Saudi Flight 763 had taken off from Delhi while Kazakh Flight 1907 was minutes away from landing in Delhi. A K Dutta, the ...

With long-haul business class seats having come on leaps and bounds over the years, with direct aisle access now largely ...

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

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Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism ...