Trevor Collins

But the 747, one of the first, if not the first, to have a second deck, but only in the front half of the plane there.

That's a great question.

And honestly, this is where I used to know all of this stuff.

And now it's kind of getting hazy from my old schooling days.

But ultimately, it's a little bit of luxury.

That's where your business class might be seated.

It's to increase your capacity without dramatically lengthening the plane or without dramatically increasing skin friction.

But ultimately, I think a modern airline has probably found like the 777, the Dreamliner and the 787 probably have found a better balance between capacity, offering those upgradable seats and things, as well as balancing in fuel economy.

These are all the various metrics you need to get into.

yeah and engines getting more powerful so it's something to do with all of those things just increasing capacity and and also maybe maybe a little bit of hubris to say like look at this guy we developed the biggest commercial airline so it could also be a little bit of practical marketing in a sense but task force i know there's some the hive mind out there has got a little bit of knowledge let us know if you have any more details in the comments

So yeah, it's a stunning airline.

Like I said, it is a Boeing 747.

In particular, it's a 747-131.

So that 100 series denotes that it is essentially the first.

You might see like when you're on a normal airline, a 737-400 or a 737-Neo, or these are just like iterations on otherwise the same kind of starting point, if that makes sense.

Yeah.

So this aircraft was scheduled to fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport there in New York City, New York, and it was on the way to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France.

Initially, it was scheduled to depart at 7 p.m.

local standard time.

Interestingly, TWA was actively phasing out these older 747-100 models for newer planes like the 767, just for fuel economy and for more modern amenities, I imagine.