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That one was a Boeing 737 MAX 7 "Boeing 737 MAX 7 (twin-jet)". Isn't it only the 737 MAX 8 + 9s that are grounded? According to this article it is just the 8
by drawkbox 8y ago
That one was a Boeing 737 MAX 7 "Boeing 737 MAX 7 (twin-jet)".
Isn't it only the 737 MAX 8 + 9s that are grounded?
According to this article it is just the 8s and 9s.
> The United States will follow much of the rest of the world in grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 jets after the models were involved in two deadly plane crashes in five months.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 9s are the ones with the bigger engines and single sensor MCAS that is essentially a single point of failure.
The 737 MAX 8 and 9 are essentially new planes, they should have just made new versions but they wanted to squeeze this into existing certifications and training to cut costs for Boeing and airliners. No idea why the FAA allowed them to do this. It has some blowback for Boeing as now people think all 737s are bad.
[1] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/13/18264348/trump-boeing-737-max-faa-emergency-order https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/13/18264348/t...
- JustSomeNobody 8y ago> No idea why the FAA allowed them to do this. Because Boeing essentially is the FAA. > The FAA, citing lack of funding and resources, has over the years delegated increasing authority to Boeing to take on more of the work of certifying the safety of its own airplanes. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faile...
- inferiorhuman 8y agoIsn't it only the 737 MAX 8 + 9s that are grounded? Only 8s and 9s have been produced so far. I'm not even sure that anyone other than Southwest has ordered the MAX 7 (it's less of an improvement over the -700 than the 8 and 9 are over the -800 and -900/-900ER). There are no big conspiracies here just no sense in grounding planes that don't exist (or haven't been delivered). https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/Boeing/737/737-MAX-7 https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/Boeing/737/737... https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/Boeing/737/737-MAX-10 https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/Boeing/737/737...
- Insanity 8y agoIndeed, only max 8 and 9 are grounded afaik
- inferiorhuman 8y agoBecause no customers have MAX 7s and thus no MAX 7s could possibly be in revenue service with passengers. If Southwest tried to take delivery of and operate one of their MAX 7s in revenue service you can bet the FAA would have a conniption fit.