Boeing 747-100 BOAC inaugural 747 service London to Sydney (1971). The 747 was finally introduced on the route on Dec 6. The film focuses on the First Class experience, but it was the massive increase in capacity down the back that made the real impact - fares virtually halved overnight. | Airline Secrets Exposed

First BOAC 747 to New York 1971 was not without extensive delays | Airline Secrets Exposed

1968 news video (no sound) BOAC Flight 712 was a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) service operated by a Boeing 707-465 from London Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney via Zurich and Singapore. On Monday 8 April 1968, it suffered an engine failure on takeoff that quickly led to a major fire; the engine detached from the aircraft in flight. After the aircraft had made a successful emergency landing, confusion over checklists and distractions from the presence of a check pilot contributed