jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA Southwest Boeing 737 lost engine cover during takeoff, FAA is investigatingwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down13
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkA Southwest Boeing 737 lost engine cover during takeoff, FAA is investigatingwww.cnbc.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoFTA: “The plane is an older model of the Boeing 737 than the Max jets.” The Max 9 was introduced in 2016, so older than that.
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoDid they stop making older models when they introduced the Max? IIRC they just stopped making 747s a short while ago.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThey may have, Southwest is known for running an older fleet.
FTA:
“The plane is an older model of the Boeing 737 than the Max jets.”
The Max 9 was introduced in 2016, so older than that.
Did they stop making older models when they introduced the Max? IIRC they just stopped making 747s a short while ago.
They may have, Southwest is known for running an older fleet.