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A Cathay Pacific B747-400,CX289 in the nineties got airborne from Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong and suffered an engine fire which did not extinguish. They were back on the ground within 9 minutes I think. But definitely inside the time of this flight!
A good point but technically it didnt fly anywhere as it was taking off and landing at Kai Tak. Criteria we think is a different destination to departure.
Virgin used to regularly position Its 747s between LHR & LGW of course that won’t happen any more – 15 at most ?
Close but these positioning flights were nearer 25-30mins once procedures were followed.
The 80’s a 747 landed in San Isidro Airforce Base in the Dominican Republic with 300 plus pax by mistake. It’s destination was just under 6nm from the airforce base ( Las Americas intl airport). It repositioned from the base to las americas. I believe it took just about 5 mins.
What a shame they weren’t on westerlies. THAT would have been a true contender.
In the late 1980’s, I once flew on a regularly scheduled 747 from Oakland CA to San Francisco, a distance of about 10 miles.