Word: 747s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pins" that connect engines to the wings of Boeing jumbo jets are a possible culprit. As yet, there is no evidence linking fuse pins and the crash. But a similar crash in China last December led to a Federal Aviation Administration directive requiring fuse-pin inspection on early-model 747s. (See related story on page...
...tent? Economics. Pan American World Airways, from which the White House charters the press plane, is under bankruptcy proceedings and is in the process of selling its assets. If Pan Am goes under, no other airline appears both willing and able to replace it as the official purveyor of 747s to the press corps. "No other airline wants to do it," says Gary Wright of the White House Travel Office. "The bottom line is the airlines don't make enough money out of it, and the p.r. value is negligible...
...airline, staying in business is a gesture of defiance. As Kuwait's flag carrier, it represents a continuing national presence abroad even as Saddam's army attempts to obliterate the country's identity. When Iraqi troops crossed the border, eight Kuwait Airways jets (four 747s, three 727s and a 767) and more than half the carrier's 5,500 employees were abroad, scattered from London to Bangkok. Managers set up temporary headquarters in Cairo, contacted enough employees to crew their remaining jets and pressed ahead with flights to Jidda, Dubai and Bahrain...
...currently. Since TWA boss Carl Icahn failed to move quickly enough to replace his aging aircraft, the airline is stuck with a fleet that is particularly thirsty and costly. New Boeing and McDonnell Douglas passenger jets are as much as 25% more fuel efficient than the older 747s and DC-9s that fill TWA's hangars...