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A passenger opened an emergency exit and deployed the slide after calling 911. KLM canceled the Amsterdam flight and passengers were rebooked. The suspect was charged with multiple offenses. Witnesses ...

The Boeing 747 ushered in the age of the jumbo jet when it first took flight in 1969, but at least one variant actually had to be cut down to size for continued success. The Boeing 747SP — for Special ...

The U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch is a modified Boeing 747-200, also called the Doomsday airplane. Built in the 1970s, the four E-4Bs were designed to act as a flying White House in case a nuclear ...

Two of the most powerful executives in European aviation positioned this rare joint interview not in the context of solidarity, but as a matter of industry security and survival. It’s not often that ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1970, the much-upgraded passenger variant of the Boeing 747, the 747-200, took to the skies for the first time. The Boeing 747-100 entered service with Pan American on January 22, ...

Wall Street ended a light-volume post-Christmas session nearly unchanged on Friday, with few catalysts to fuel much conviction one way or the other. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson ...

Air France and KLM are warning customers about a new data breach that hit their customer service platform. Hackers accessed personal details including names, emails, phone numbers, loyalty program ...

While Boeing 747 aircraft in passenger service are somewhat few and far between these days, examples of the older 747-200 variant are even more so.One particularly interesting example active in recent ...

In a sky-high security slip-up, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has admitted to a data breach where fraudsters sneaked into a third-party system, exposing customer details like names, contacts, and Flying ...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. (File photo courtesy of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) The first nonstop flight to Amsterdam by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines took off from San Diego Thursday, giving a big boost to ...

KLM will resume service to Bridgetown, Barbados, for the 2025 winter season, marking a return to the Caribbean island after a hiatus of more than two years. The seasonal route from Amsterdam Schiphol ...