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Boeing 747-400 (747-436)

B747-24447Scrapped

RegistrationGBG-BNLR

Desconocida

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Boeing 747-400 (747-436) built in 1990 in Everett. Operated for British Airways. Scrapped.

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Aging · 22 years · ≈ 88,000 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing

Engines4× 4 x ROLLS-ROYCE RB211-524G2-T-19<br>

PropulsionJet

First flight1990

Built inEverett, Washington (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationReino Unido

MSN24447

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Boeing 747

Figures for the 747-400 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 67% the length of a football pitch

Length70.7 m232 ft

Wingspan64.4 m211 ft

Height19.4 m64 ft

Range13,446 km7,260 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed903 km/h488 ktMach 0.85

Service ceiling13,700 m44,948 ftIt flies above Everest (1.5 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight396,893 kg874,998 lb

Maximum payload217,879 kg480,340 lbIts 416 passengers with baggage would weigh about 41.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity416 passengersUp to 660 in a high-density layout

Endurance14 h 53 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 13,446 km range, from London it could fly non-stop as far as:

SCLSantiago11,653 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)11,137 kmSINSingapore10,883 km LIMLima10,150 km HKGHong Kong9,630 km

Beyond its rangeSYDSydney (Mascot)17,021 km

The type first flew in 1969 (57 years ago) · About 1,574 units built · Production ended in 2023

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1991–2012British Airways network of its widebody aircraft

Base

LHRLondon

Main destinations

LGWLondon MADMadrid ORDChicago JFKNew York MIAMiami ANUOsbourn CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)DFWDallas-Fort Worth BCNBarcelona FCORome NASNassau

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1990

Built

Assembled by Boeing in Everett, Washington (USA).

Dec 11, 1990

Delivered to The Boeing Company

Delivered to The Boeing Company as N6005C.

Jan 15, 1991

Transferred to British Airways

Transferred to British Airways.

May 17, 2012

Incident at Vancouver

On May 17, 2012, the Boeing BOEING 747-436 aircraft (registration G-BNLR), operated by British Airways, was involved in an incident at Vancouver due to a declared emergency with the airport fire service on standby. Source: the TSB (Canada).

Source: TSB

Operators

1990-12-11

The Boeing Company

Registration N6005C

1991-01-15

British Airways

Registration G-BNLR

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Gallery

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External photograph of the aircraft — Aero Icarus · CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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BibTeX

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Wikipedia

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