That ushered in the dominance of modern aircraft like the Airbus A330 and Boeing's own 777 which are more fuel efficient with only two engines. Nowadays, the 747 passenger jet is disappearing, but ...

The Boeing 767 is a widebody airliner that first flew in 1981 and entered service in 1982. The aircraft underwent a number of updates and stretches. The most popular variant was the extended-range ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing Co. BA have both said that the fuel switch locks on the 787-Dreamliner aircraft are safe in the aftermath of the Air India crash in India’s ...

The FAA's Continued Airworthiness Notification on July 11 came after a preliminary report into Air India's Boeing 787-8 crash, which killed 260 people last month, raised questions over engine fuel ...

It said that once the aircraft achieved its top recorded speed, “the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another" within a second.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing aircraft models while South Korea ordered a similar measure on Tuesday, as scrutiny intensified ...