For the last month and a half, Boeing has been investigating a serious buffet in the inboard flaps of the 747-8F, Flightglobal affiliate FlightBlogger reports. Turbulent air coming off of the outboard ...

Air New Zealand (ANZ) has suffered its third structural failure incident in just over a year. Part of the right inboard flap of one of its Boeing 747s fell into the Manukau Harbour shortly after take ...

The aircraft became synonymous with long-haul luxury air travel; however, due to its sheer size and cost to operate, plus ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Investigators say a mechanical failure that blew a hole in the engine of a Qantas jet headed to Sydney from San Francisco also damaged the wing flaps. The engine failure early Tuesday ...

FAA recently mandated flap bolt checks on all types of Boeing 747s, giving operators 18 months to swap bolts made of steel with hardware fabricated from a nickel alloy. The airworthiness directive (AD ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration proposed that airlines modify wing-flap wiring on certain Boeing 747-400 models to avoid a risk that the planes won’t take off properly. The U.S. Federal ...

Question: Can the 747 be saved? It's sad to see the most beautiful and iconic passenger plane ever built being retired. What has accounted for its demise? Could they not attach new, more efficient ...

DORAL, Fla. — Federal authorities are investigating why a canoe-shaped part from a cargo jet dropped into a mall parking lot just before the plane landed at Miami International Airport this morning.

A Boeing Co. mechanic whose <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/morning_call/2012/04/another-boeing-worker-recovering-from.html" target="_blank">lungs were ...