Time is an essential consider flying. AirTran’s worldwide flights account for lower than 1 percent of the guardian firm’s passenger-carrying capacity, and that won’t change with Monday’s announcement about some flights switching from AirTran planes to Southwest ones. Chief business officer Bob Jordan mentioned, nonetheless, that international flying is “an enormous a part of our development strategy” and will someday involve 70 to 80 Southwest plane.
Lithium-ion batteries within the cargo hold of a UPS Airways 747-400F induced a fire. The crash killed two crew members. A Nationwide Airlines 747-400BCF stalled and crashed shortly after taking off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan killing all 7 crew members on board. Troops loyal to deposed president Ali Adbullah Saleh damaged a Yemen presidential 747-SP on March 19, 2015. This aircraft was later set on fireplace. On January 16, 2017 a Turkish Airways Boeing 747-400F crashed in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan killing the four crew members … Read more