A weight-based analysis was made of the translaminar Charpy impact toughness performance of conventional and advanced composite materials for aircraft fabrication. The materials were carbon-epoxy ...

The aircraft that has been used for the striking exhibit is a former All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 747SR. This variant of the US manufacturer's famous 'jumbo jet' was designed specifically with the ...

Aviation disasters : the world's major civil airliner crashes since 1950 by Gero, David ...

Minor modifications allowed Japanese carriers to adapt the plane as a domestic shuttle, the 747SR, and there was a hybrid version of the 747-200 that was half passenger plane and half freighter known ...

In fact, before the 747-400D, Boeing had developed the 747SR as a short-range version of the 747-100 to meet this need. The 747-400D was the successor to this plane.

The crash is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. The Boeing 747SR aircraft was hit by a sudden decompression that crippled the plane’s tail 12 minutes into the flight.

It is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. The Boeing 747SR aircraft was hit by a sudden decompression that crippled the plane's tail 12 minutes into the flight.

August 12, 2020, marks the tragic 35 year anniversary of Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history, in which 520 people lost their lives. The Crash On ...

The Boeing 747SR suffered the said tail strike seven years earlier ‒ in 1978. Even greater time difference between a tail strike and its catastrophic result was recorded in the case of China Airlines ...

On Monday, 12 August 1985 at 1812 local time, Japan Airlines Boeing 747SR-46 jetliner serial number 20783/230 registered as JA8119 and operating as JAL Flight 123 or JAL 123, departed runway 15L at ...