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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.
Fuselage of a Boeing 737 shown in brown. The fuselage (/ ˈ f juː z əl ɑː ʒ /; from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo.
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. is an American manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.The company produces fuselage sections for Boeing's 737 and 787 aircraft, as well as the flight deck sections for a majority of Boeing airliners.
In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane.
Boeing agreed in July to plead guilty to fraud in the wake of two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 and to pay a fine of up to $487.2 million and spend $455 million to improve safety and ...
Spirit Aerosystems builds the fuselage for Boeing’s 737 Max narrowbody jet and substantial sections of aircraft bodies in other of its models. The company builds components for Airbus aircraft ...
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]
Twin fuselage Be-2500 McDonnell Douglas MD-12: 1990: 423.21 tons Proposed double deck airliner, canceled in mid-1990s Boeing New Large Airplane: 1990s: 523.6 tons 747 replacement powered by 777 engines, canceled in the 1990s Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship: 1990s: 4921.03 tpms US ground effect aircraft, developed with Russian consultation Tupolev Tu ...