The Boeing 747-8 had stood idle in Switzerland for a decade.

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A Boeing 747-8 that spent just 42 hours in the air is being dismantled, a report says. The $280 million jet was ordered for a Saudi prince, who died before it was delivered. Boeing repurchased the plane in April, but failed to find a new buyer and decided to scrap it. 

A Boeing Jumbo jet that spent just 42 hours in the air is being scrapped after the Saudi prince it was bought for died unexpectedly, a report...

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