On Sunday, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash-landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea. The jet skidded on its belly without its landing gear deployed, crashing into a concrete wall and ...
In nearly 30 years of service, the Boeing 737-800, has been involved in accidents resulting in 1,100 deaths. Despite this, the crash rate is considered relatively low. In 2022, a China Eastern ...
The Jeju Air plane that crashed in southwestern South Korea was a Boeing 737-800, a model that is used widely around the world. There are about 28,000 passenger planes in service globally ...
Following Sunday's disaster claiming 179 lives, South Korea declared its intentions to examine every Boeing 737-800 aircraft flown by local airlines. It marked the greatest aviation disaster the ...
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According to ch-aviation data, the Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier currently operates a total of 303 Boeing 737-800 narrowbodies. It is worth noting that the aircraft can seat up to 172 passengers in ...
Acting South Korean President Choi Sang-mok announced the probe Monday, and the country's transport ministry said a special inspection of all 101 Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by South Korean ...
Before the Jeju Air tragedy, Boeing faced a string of incidents-though none nearly as deadly. A January 5 incident involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 featured a plugged exit door separating ...
Even with a hydraulic malfunction, Boeing 737-800 pilots can drop the landing gear manually. One theory involves a possible bird strike that disabled the engines. "If that happens at the altitude ...