In December of 1997, United Airlines operated Flight 826 between Tokyo and Honolulu onboard a Boeing 747-100 aircraft, registration N4723U. The plane, which experienced an incident mid-flight, would be retired by the end of that service, despite being relatively undamaged. Why did that happen?
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13 фев 2022