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A FlySafair Boeing 737 was forced to make an emergency landing in South Africa after a rear wheel exploded during take-off.. The flight delivered by the low-cost South African airline took off ...
The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft 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 in the accident 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.
However, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines configure their 737 Max 9s to have fewer than 180 seats, so the planes don't need the two mid-cabin exits to comply with U.S. evacuation rules.
It comes after two incidents on Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max jets last year. In March 2023, smoke poured into the cabin after a bird hit an engine shortly after takeoff from Cuba.
Swiftair Flight 5960 (operating as European Air Transport Leipzig Flight 18D) [1] was an international cargo flight that crashed early in the morning on 25 November 2024 while on final approach to Vilnius Airport. [2]
The 737’s empennage section and A320's wingtip were damaged. [14] [15] Both aircraft were returned to service shortly after the incident. On 21 April 2024, a FlySafair Boeing 737-800 (registered ZS-FGE), operating flight FA212 from Johannesburg to Cape Town, lost one of its left main landing