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Boeing 747-400 (747-436)

B747-25434Scrapped

RegistrationGBG-CIVF

OperatorBritish Airways

1operators

1incidents

1accidents

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Boeing 747-400 (747-436) built in 1995 in Everett. Operated for British Airways. Scrapped.

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Aging · 24 years · ≈ 96,000 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing

Engines4× 1 x ROLLS-ROYCE RB211-524G2-T-19<br>3 x ROLLS-ROYCE RB211-524G2-19<br>

PropulsionJet

First flight1995

Built inEverett, Washington (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationReino Unido

OwnerBritish Airways

MSN25434

Hex / ICAO 24-bit4005A5

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

1995–2019British 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

1995

Built

Assembled by Boeing in Everett, Washington (USA).

Mar 29, 1995

Delivered to British Airways

Delivered to British Airways as G-CIVF.

Feb 14, 2013

Accident at Las Vegas

On February 14, 2013, the Boeing BOEING 747-436 aircraft (registration G-CIVF), operated by British Airways, was involved in an accident at Las Vegas. Source: British Airways.

Source: British Airways

Sep 17, 2019

Incident at Chicago

On September 17, 2019, the Boeing BOEING 747-436 aircraft (registration G-CIVF), operated by British Airways, was involved in an incident at Chicago. Source: British Airways.

Source: British Airways

Operators

1995-03-29

British Airways

Registration G-CIVF

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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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