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B743
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| Category: | Aircraft Types | 
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| Content source: | SKYbrary | 
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| Content control: | EUROCONTROL | 
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| B743 | |||
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| Name | 747-300 | ||
| Manufacturer | BOEING | ||
| Body | Wide | ||
| Type | Fixed Wing | ||
| WTC | Heavy | ||
| APC | D | ||
| Engine | Jet | ||
| Engine count | Multi | ||
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BOEING 747-300
Image source: IANS
Description
Long range, high capacity wide-body airliner. In service since 1983. Initial model of second generation of B747 family with stretched upper deck. Production ceased in 1990. 81 aircraft were delivered, 78 remain in service in 1999.
General
| Aircraft name | 747-300 |
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| ICAO code/WTC | B743 / H |
| Manufacturer | BOEING |
| Type Code/APC | L4J / D |
Technical Data
| Wing span | 59.6 m195.538 ft |
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| Length | 70.6 m231.627 ft |
| Heigth | 19.3 m63.32 ft |
| Powerplant | 4 x 243.2 kN P&W JT9D-7R4G2 or
4 x 235.2 kN GE CF6-50E2 or 4 x 236,3 kN R-R RB211-524D4 or 4 x 252,2 kN GE CF6-80CB1 turbofans. |
| Engine Model | General Electric CF6, Pratt & Whitney JT9D, Rolls-Royce RB.211 |
For further details consult EUROCONTROL Aircraft Performance Database:
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving B743
- B743, Dhaka Bangladesh, 2008 (FIRE AW HF) (On 25 March 2008, an Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-300 was decelerating after landing at Dhaka when a fuel leak in the vicinity of the No 3 engine led to a fire which could not be extinguished. An emergency evacuation was accomplished with only a few minor injuries. The cause of the fuel leak was traced to mis-assembly of a fuel feed line coupling during a āCā Check some six months previously. The failure to follow clear AMM instructions for this task in two specific respects was of concern to the Investigating Agency.)
- B743, vicinity Jeddah Saudia Arabia, 2008 (AW LOC) (On 5 May 2008, a Saudi Arabian Boeing 747-300 being positioned for maintenance to include investigation of degraded power output from the no 1 GE CF6-50 engine experienced an uncontained failure of the same engine shortly after take off from Jeddah followed by an uneventful air turn back. The failure was attributed to the vulnerability of the engine design to high pressure turbine blade loss.)
- B743, vicinity Won Guam Airport, Guam, 1997 (CFIT HF WX) (On 6 August 1997, Korean Air flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashed at night at Nimitz Hill, 3 miles southwest of Won Guam International Airport, Agana, Guam while on final approach for runway 6 Left. Of the 254 persons on board, 228 were killed, and 23 passengers and 3 flight attendants survived the accident with serious injuries.)