Read more Boeing 747 stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23080/boeing-747.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:06:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64135/747-evacuated-by-slides-on-phoenix-runway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of passengers on a British Airways 747 flight to London used slides to evacuate the plane last night on the Phoenix Airport runway, the AP reports. The jumbo jet had just pushed back from the gate when smoke and an acrid odor was reported in the cabin. By the...http://www.newser.com/story/64135/747-evacuated-by-slides-on-phoenix-runway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 6:01:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59810/alert-air-passenger-warns-of-fuel-leak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn eagle-eyed passenger warned a 747 flight crew about a fuel leak on a recent Japan-bound flight from Chicago, CNN reports. Air Force Sgt. Bartek Bachleda, who serves in an air refueling squadron, spotted vapor billowing from behind the wing and realized the jet was losing fuel fast. He alerted...http://www.newser.com/story/59810/alert-air-passenger-warns-of-fuel-leak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 7:31:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58690/jet-engine-munches-baggage-box-at-lax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA hungry jumbo jet at LAX inhaled a large metal baggage container into one of its engines as it left the gate today, reports the Los Angeles Times . Officials blame a baggage cart left too close to the Japan Airlines Boeing 747. The plane was taken out of service after...http://www.newser.com/story/58690/jet-engine-munches-baggage-box-at-lax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 May 2009 21:41:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57557/flyover-red-flags-get-news-orgs-poking-around.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least one news organization may file a Freedom of Information Act request, demanding the manifest for Monday’s Air Force One flight over New York, according to the American Spectator ’s anonymous “Prowler”—who relays suspicions that civilians or a high-level administration official was on board. “This is a bigger...http://www.newser.com/story/57557/flyover-red-flags-get-news-orgs-poking-around.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 13:57:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57394/white-house-sorry-for-fly-by.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House has apologized for allowing a low-flying Boeing 747 to buzz New York City, a move that traumatized many residents by sparking memories of 9/11, CNN reports. "Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision," said White House Military Office director...http://www.newser.com/story/57394/white-house-sorry-for-fly-by.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 0:02:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46680/jumbo-jet-flies-on-veggie-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Boeing 747 powered by a mixture of aviation fuel and vegetable oil flew on a two-hour test flight which is being hailed as a technological and ecological milestone. The Air New Zealand passenger jet was powered in part by oil from the jatropha plant, reports the BBC.http://www.newser.com/story/46680/jumbo-jet-flies-on-veggie-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 6:35:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33337/hole-in-qantas-jet-forces-emergency-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency landing in Manila today after a mysterious bang punched a 9-foot-wide hole in the fuselage and sent the Boeing 747-400 plunging thousands of feet. There were no injuries but some of the 350 passengers and crew vomited, AP...http://www.newser.com/story/33337/hole-in-qantas-jet-forces-emergency-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jul 2008 4:17:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28427/us-cargo-jet-crashes-in-belgium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US jumbo jet carrying diplomatic cargo from the American embassy in Belgium crashed on take-off from a Brussels airport and broke into three pieces, reports Agence France Presse. The aircraft came to rest just a quarter mile from a residential area. The crew of five, all Americans, were not...http://www.newser.com/story/28427/us-cargo-jet-crashes-in-belgium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 May 2008 3:10:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22124/united-grounds-7-jumbos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnited Airlines has grounded seven Boeing 747s to check the cockpit instruments that indicate altitude during flight. The decision was prompted by the discovery that equipment at a facility in South Korea where the instruments had been checked were improperly maintained, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FAA uncovered the...http://www.newser.com/story/22124/united-grounds-7-jumbos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Mar 2008 6:23:04 CDT