General Electric (NYSE:GE) said on Friday that it was providing assistance with investigations into the malfunction of one of its engines on a Boeing 747 cargo ... incident on Jan. 6, when a ...

Its four General Electric CJ805-3B engines and narrow and short fuselage helped it become the fastest commercial quadjet until the introduction of the 747 and later Concorde. The Convair 880-22-M ...

The gas-guzzling four-engine 747 is costly and inefficient compared to newer twin-engine widebodies, like Boeing's 777 and 787 and Airbus' A330neo and A350, that airlines now more readily rely on.