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The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington.Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-89P [a] (737NG or 737 Next Generation) registered as B-1791 with serial number 41474. It was powered by two CFM International CFM56-7B26E turbofan engines. [7] It first flew on 5 June 2015 and was delivered new to China Eastern Yunnan Airlines (subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines) on 25 June 2015. [7]
B-18616; the aircraft involved at Hiroshima Airport in July 2006. The aircraft involved, manufactured in June 2002, was a Boeing 737-809 (WL) registered as B-18616 with serial number 30175. The aircraft and its two CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines logged around 13664 hours of airframe hours. [3]: 29
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue.
The aircraft was a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, with serial number 62450 and registered as ET-AVJ. It was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2018 and was delivered to Ethiopian Airlines on 15 November and it had logged 1330.3 airframe hours in 382 takeoff and landing cycles.
The 737 MAX 9 mockup at the 2012 ILA Berlin. Faced with the record orders for Airbus and the defection of a long-time customer, on August 30, 2011, Boeing's board of directors approved the launch of the re-engined 737, which they said would meet or exceed the range of the Airbus A320neo [24] while burning 4% less fuel. [25]
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration PK-LQP, line number 7058, and powered by two CFM International LEAP engines. [ 1 ] and was delivered new to Lion Air on 13 August 2018. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown about 800 hours in service. [ 4 ]
The initial 737-300 (foreground) is 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) longer than the 737-200 (background) and is re-engined with wider and more efficient CFM56 turbofans. Following the success of the Boeing 737-200 Advanced, Boeing wanted to increase capacity and range, incorporating improvements to upgrade the plane to modern specifications, while also retaining commonality with previous 737 variants.