Boeing 767

Boeing 767
	A Boeing 767-300ER of Air Canada
Role	Wide-body jet airliner
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Boeing Commercial Airplanes
First flight	September 26, 1981
Introduction	September 8, 1982, with United Airlines
Status	In service
Primary users	Delta Air Lines; FedEx Express ; UPS Airlines ; United Airlines
Produced	1981–present
Number built	1,219 as of June 2021
Variants	Boeing E-767; Boeing KC-46 Pegasus; Boeing KC-767; Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A;

The Boeing 767 is a wide-body aircraft made and built by Boeing. The aircraft was developed on July 14, 1978, as a part of the 7X7 project.^[3] The first prototype flew on September 26, 1981. The aircraft was certified on July 30, 1982.

The aircraft started flying the 767-200 commercially on September 8, 1982 with United Airlines. They did not fly the 767-100 as it had close to the same seats as the Boeing 757.^[3] The 767-200ER, which has more range, started flying in 1984.^[4] The 767-300, which is a longer version, started flying in 1986.^[5] The 767-300ER, which has more range than the 767-300, started flying in 1988.^[5]

A cargo version, the 767-300F, started flying in 1995.^[6] It was made into the 767-400ER, which is longer.^[5]

Accidents and incidents[change | change source]

Lauda Air Flight 004 was the first fatal crash of a Boeing 767.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
EgyptAir Flight 990
September 11 attacks
- American Airlines Flight 11
- United Airlines Flight 175
American Airlines Flight 63
Air China Flight 129
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
Atlas Air Flight 3591

The Spirit of Delta 767 at the Delta Museum in Atlanta

References[change | change source]

↑ "Boeing: Orders and Deliveries (updated monthly)". The Boeing Company. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
↑ "767 Model Summary (orders and deliveries)". Boeing. July 2020. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Norris & Wagner 1998, pp. 159–60
↑ Davies 2000, pp. 88–89
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Boeing 767 Program Background". Boeing. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
↑ Becher 1999, p. 178

Other websites[change | change source]

Media related to Boeing 767 at Wikimedia Commons

[O_D_summ-1] "Boeing: Orders and Deliveries (updated monthly)". The Boeing Company. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

[767_O_D_summ-2] "767 Model Summary (orders and deliveries)". Boeing. July 2020. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

[n159-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Norris & Wagner 1998, pp. 159–60

[davies89-4] Davies 2000, pp. 88–89

[Boe_767_back-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Boeing 767 Program Background". Boeing. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved July 30, 2011.

[6] Becher 1999, p. 178

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