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Boeing 747
The Queen of the Skies and the Legacy of 47 On February 9, 1969, while my father was celebrating his 20th birthday, an aviation icon was born—the Boeing 747 took to the skies for the very first time. It was a moment that would unknowingly become a thread woven into the fabric of his life—and…
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TWA 800 & Swissair 111
TWA Flight 800 and Swissair 111: Two Tragedies, One Disturbing Pattern On July 17, 1996, just twelve minutes after takeoff from New York’s JFK Airport, Trans World Airlines Flight 800—a Boeing 747-100—exploded midair and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York. All 230 people on board were lost. The cause, officially attributed to a fuel…
