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And now every position is taken through the end of february? a lot of anxiety from so many people saying, how do i get the vaccine? and theres no clear answer. ayman? >> kerry, thank you, my friend. and new details about the man authorities say was behind the christmas bombing in nashville. police were warned over a year ago he was making explosives in his rv. the latest on that front. but first, its widely being seen as a gift from president trump to benjamin netanyahu. an american who spen...

Back at london heathrow, this 25—year—old 747 is about to make its very last journey. how does it feel saying goodbye? oh, well, it is emotional. you know, i have flown these for 20—odd years now, its just the scale of it is unbelievable. i remember the first time i actually came to fly it and walked around it and thought, "wow, this is incredible. how does it fly?" nearly 400 tonnes of it that gets up in the air. its incredible. bas india victor delta is checked and ready to go. 0nly memo...

And so the engines come off first? the engines come off first, yeah. at air salvage international, mark gregory is already breaking up the unwanted 747s. it will be towed from here down to our break—up site. after we removed the last engine there. with so many being retired, theres not an awful lot of value in the aircraft as spare parts. a lucky few might be converted into freighters — the rest, crushed. we just use the machine and actually chew the aircraft up, and it gets sold off as scra...

From flagship to scrapyard. ive just delivered you to end your life and thats really sad thing a pilot. i apologised to one once, "im really sorry. " we just use the machine and actually chew the aircraft up, and it gets sold off as scrap metal. im on a voyage to witness the last days of the jumbo jet and trace the pioneers that, half a century ago, put this giant in the sky. archive: the first giant 747 is presented to the world. people thought that an aeroplane this big just wouldnt fly. a sym...

The covid—i9 pandemic has decimated demand for air travel. worldwide, these giants of aviation are parking up — many to never fly again. british airways is scrapping its entire fleet of 31 7a7s. klm, virgin and qantas also saying goodbye. covid had a devastating impact on the aviation industry. we are not anticipating seeing particularly long—haul passenger demand return out to 2024-2025. there isnt enough demand to justify the use of a very large aircraft. loyal operators of the 747 imagi...

We arrived at the hangar, the painters had just finished stencilling the name of the original departure aircraft, clipper young america. seven hours late, paint still wet, they tried again. it was very, very, very quiet when we took off. do you think people were nervous? yes, of course, its for all of us a new thing. so we decided to start serving champagne, and a person told us, "hey, ladies, come on, keep serving champagne, they wont even know if they open up the air underground." it landed sa...

Of the united states, you want to have the biggest and the baddest aeroplane on the block. this is it. rock music plays. bruce dickinson from rock band iron maiden is a licensed 747 pilot. he understands why the president refused a smaller twin—engine jet. on this aeroplane, youve got four engines, the aeroplane will fly on one. so you can lose three. if youre the president of the united states and people are going to maybe shoot at you, then thats a good reason for having four. this is the fi...

Built the very first 747. until the 1960s, aviation had been for the rich. but the founder of pan am, juan trippe had a vision. so, this is a 747 named after my father, juan t trippe. were christening the first pan am 747 to come off the line. do you remember this? it was a magnificent day. what did your father want to achieve with the 747? he believed in the 747, that that would be an opportunity to really develop new markets where people could fly for a much lowerfare. conveniently, trippes be...

Pandemic, it could be a key to regaining normalcy, a high-tech way to prove you have been vaccinated. heres carey sanders >> reporter: today, nurse christine cummings got her first vaccination and her cdc card proves her vaccination. but in january, the system to prove you have had the immunization will go digital on smartphones. >> people, in order to get back to certain things in life, will have to show that they have either been tested or vaccinated and need to do that in a secure way and we ...

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