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Boeing Receives Official Certificates for 787 World Records

Posted by on February 29, 2012 at 5:36 am
Boeing Receives Official Certificates for 787 World Records

Boeing Receives Official Certificates for 787 World Records Jonathan Gaffney, president and CEO of the National Aeronautic Association, presented Boeing with two certificates confirming the official status of the two world records earned by the 787 Dreamliner in late 2011. The airplane earned records for completing the longest flight for an airplane in its weight [...]

Iran Air B727 Nose Gear up Landing

Posted by on February 27, 2012 at 5:46 pm

An Iran Air Boeing 727-200, registration EP-IRR performing flight IR-742 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) with 94 passengers and 19 crew, was on approach to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport around 15:20 when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach. Following unsuccessful troubleshooting [...]