We Still Don't Know Why A Boeing 747 Was Scrapped With Only 50+ Flight Hours
What is essentially a brand new Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet airplane doing sitting at the scrapper in Arizona? With only 50 fight hours logged, in spite o...
What is essentially a brand new Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet airplane doing sitting at the scrapper in Arizona? With only 50 fight hours logged, in spite of the airplane's condition, it is worth more to scrap than sell, we guess? That's the thing, we can only guess why scrapping it is the only alternative. But we can tell you how a 10-year-old 747, costing $275 million when new, ended up with 50 flight hours in that time. Who was the Boeing 747 airplane built for? Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Boeing 747-400 making its final approach | SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty In 2011, the Saudi Arabian Royal Flight Group ordered what became 747-8BBJ.