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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 first accident involving a 737 was on July 19, 1970, when a 737-200 was damaged beyond repair during an aborted takeoff, with no fatalities; the first fatal accident occurred on December 8, 1972, when United Airlines Flight 553 crashed while attempting to land, with 45 (43 on board plus 2 on the ground) fatalities; and, as of February 2024 ...
Description: This Boeing 737-204 took its first flight on March 31, 1977...(c/n 21335/ 487) 13/04/1977 Britannia Airways G-BECG 14/02/1994 GB Leisure G-BECG 01/11/1994 COPA Airlines G-BECG 28/04/1995 GB Leisure G-BECG 10/11/1995 EasyJet G-BECG 01/05/1997 Virgin Express G-BECG 30/12/1997 FSB N102TR 20/02/1998 LAPA LV-PNO 01/11/1998 LAPA LV-YXB
It is history's worst civilian helicopter disaster. November 14 – A wheel-well stowaway inside a Boeing 707 survives a flight from Panama to Miami at an altitude of 39,000 feet (10,242 meters). [43]
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In 2002, rival airline Go Fly was purchased for £374 million; the airline inherited three new bases from Go, at Bristol Airport, East Midlands Airport and London Stansted Airport; the acquisition of Go almost doubled the number of Boeing 737-300 aircraft in the EasyJet fleet. [6] [22] In 2002, the airline opened its base at Gatwick Airport.
Boeing’s 737 Max is a more fuel-efficient version of the American aerospace company’s popular 737, the best-selling airliner ever. Airlines have flown Max jets for just seven years, but in ...
The pilots believed this indicated a fault in the right engine, since earlier models of the 737 ventilated the cabin from the right, and they were unaware that the 737-400 used a different system. The pilots retarded the right thrust lever and the symptoms of smoke and vibration cleared, leading them to believe the problem had been identified ...