A controller initially told the Atlas Air pilots that the smoke was from its right engine, but later pinpointed the nose ...

For many 747-400 freighters, the cost of a major engine overhaul can exceed the market value of the airframe itself.

Cargolux ordered additional inspections of every Boeing 747-8F it operates before each aircraft’s next flight after a parked freighter suffered a left landing-gear collapse at Luxembourg Airport. The ...

Air cargo completes its transition to twin-engine aircraft, with the Boeing 777F leading global operating capacity.

The Boeing 747-8F remains one of the most capable cargo aircraft in commercial aviation, combining enormous payload capacity ...

While modern commercial aircraft can be hard to tell apart, there's no mistaking the majestic shape of the Boeing 747. Its distinctive hump containing the cockpit and a second-floor seating area ahead ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing ...

Through the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, ...

Boeing’s 747 is big, but not so big that the forward fuselage can’t be part of a museum exhibit Bob van der Linden F. Robert van der Linden is a curator who specializes in commercial aviation.

A massive Lufthansa Boeing 747 came perilously close to disaster during a dramatic landing attempt at LAX when the jumbo jet pitched sharply upward and its tail appeared to narrowly miss the runway.

If you've ever seen what looks like a beluga whale with wings on the runway — or better yet, flown in one — there's a good chance it was the Boeing 747, nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies." This ...

The 777 freighter has overtaken the 747 to become the world’s most widely operated freighter, carrying 40% of global ...