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3 unusual facts about Boeing 737 Classic


Boeing 737 Classic

September 16, 1998: Continental Airlines Flight 475, using a 737-500, received windshear while landing in Guadalajara, Mexico.

May 8, 1997: China Southern Airlines Flight 3456, using a 737-300, crashed while landing in Shenzhen, killing 33 of 65 passengers and 2 of 9 crew members.

Turkish Airlines Flight 5904

Turkish Airlines Flight 5904 was a Boeing 737-4Q8 operated by the Turkish Airlines, registered TC-JEP and named Trakya, on a repositioning flight that crashed on 7 April 1999 in Ceyhan, Adana Province in southern Turkey.


2005 Logan Airport runway incursion

US1170 was a Boeing 737-300 aircraft owned and operated by US Airways, destined for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and carrying 6 crew members and 103 passengers.

Boliviana de Aviación

It recently incorporated a Boeing 737-300 to its fleet and also plans to open new routes for 2011 which include Caracas, Havana, Lima and Santiago.

Kegworth air disaster

The Kegworth air disaster occurred on 8 January 1989 when British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737–400, crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire, UK.

Thomsonfly

Scheduled operations began on 31 March 2004 with four Boeing 737-500 aircraft, from a new passenger terminal at Coventry Airport.


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