Two deserted 747 giants left to rot in the US desert are given a new lease of life in miracle recovery

After being left in the desert to rot, these two Boeing 747 giants have been miraculously recovered.

The Boeing 747 is one of the most iconic planes ever made, earning its reputation as the ‘Queen of the Skies’.

But after production started in the 1960s, not every one of these majestic beasts is still operating in prime fashion.

These two particular Boeing 747 planes have defied mother time, though, and after succumbing to the desert, they have been restored to the cruisers that they were always promised to be.

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From a desert windbreaker to saving mass-scale lives

While it might be best known for being the biggest courier of holiday goers for decades on end, the Boeing 747 has a number of important responsibilities.

Namely, it will soon become the aircraft serving as Air Force One.

Yet there have been other important units in the 747 fleet, too, such as this retired pair found in the Mojave desert.

Having been stored in the California sands for 15 years, left to rot after serving as commercial carriers, a UAE company named SkyOne FZE rescued them both and spent six months bringing them up to FAA standards.

Not to become passenger carriers, though, but rather emergency relief services.

Highlighted by Sam Chui on YouTube, one half of the Boeing 747 pair (N570B) was used to carry 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid from the US to New Delhi during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The other is set to be employed in the service of its UAE owner and undergo some major interior maintenance.

What happens to retired Boeing 747 planes?

While these two blessed vessels will be soaring through the air for the foreseeable future, other Boeing 747s are cashing in their pensions and heading for retirement.

Thankfully, there’s plenty of business when you’re not constantly courting hundreds of passengers around the world; specifically, the private jet sector has become lucrative for such massive planes.

Others have been redeployed as piggyback couriers for NASA and become space observatories for the galaxy-wondering geniuses.

And if the plane fancied a going out in a blaze of glory, Christopher Nolan seems to have a habit of causing big bangs with 747s.

As for these two planes, though, they have served as one of the most important relief vehicles in the world, and mustered up more courage than any other retired Boeing 747.

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