The report points out that the Boeing 727 and 737 had pretty much the same diameter fuselage as the 707, and, as such, these planes, too, used the same basic nose and cockpit design. Similarly ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration proposed a directive to require inspections of a key structural component at the nose ...

As soon as it was airborne, the giant and graceful Boeing 707-120B—the latest in jetliners ... almost rolled over completely—and plunged nose first into the tidal marshes of Jamaica Bay.