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But when one of the company's jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, it brought to a close an especially unfortunate year for Boeing.
Two days before the crash, the Boeing 737 was on a routine flight from Jeju to Beijing when it diverted to South Korea’s main airport, Incheon. The flight later continued to the Chinese capital.
Boeing stock tumbled on Monday, falling more than 8% in morning trading after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets.
The crash occurred between 9:03 [44] and 9:07 a.m. [45] as the aircraft belly landed, [46] [47] touching down 1,200 m (3,900 ft) along the runway. [12] It overshot, [46] [47] with video footage showing the aircraft sliding down the runway on the engine nacelles with a sustained nose-high attitude. [48]
A passenger has told NBC News of the dramatic incident that saw people aboard a Boeing flight thrown into the ceiling, as authorities probed what caused the plane's sudden mid-air plunge.
Lion Air Flight 610 is the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737 aircraft.. The following is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 family of jet airliners, including the Boeing 737 Original (-100/-200), Boeing 737 Classic (-300/-400/-500), Boeing 737 Next Generation (-600/-700/-800/-900) and Boeing 737 MAX (-8/-9) series of aircraft.
The aircraft involved in the crash was a 27-year-old Boeing 737-300, with serial number 28035 and registered as N619SW. The aircraft was the 2762nd 737 built, and was delivered new to Southwest Airlines in November 1995. It was retired by Southwest in August 2017 and transferred to Coulson Aviation later that month.
U.S. lawmakers prepared to press Boeing's chief executive Tuesday about the company's latest plan to fix its manufacturing problems, and relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 ...