How can you tell the difference between a 737-800 and a 737 900?

Birth of the 737-900 and 737-900ER The 900 has nine percent more cabin floor space and eighteen percent more cargo space than the -800; however, Boeing opted to use the same NG emergency exit layout, with four main exit doors and four overwing exits, thereby still restricting the maximum passenger load to 189.



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The 700 has one emergency exit door over the wing, the 800 and 900 each have two. And because the 900 is the longest of them all, it has an additional emergency exit just behind the wing on each side.

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There are some airline-specific qualifiers as well. For example, Ryanair's 737-800s features a simple, upward-pointing winglet, while all 737 MAXs have a split scimitar wing at the edge. However, United has also upgraded its 737NGs to include this design, so this should only be used if you can't see the engine covers.

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The crash rate (crashes per million flight miles) of the 737 Max is 44 times higher than that of the 737-600/700/800/900 series.

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“The 737-800 that crashed in southern China's Guangxi province 'is one of the safest aircraft ever produced in commercial operation. It's one of the most widely used aircraft around the world. By all indications, this was an airworthy aircraft,' Dickson said on CNBC's Squawk Box.

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The B738 is member of the B737 family of aircraft. The 737-800 is a stretched version of the 737-700, and replaces the 737-400. For more information, see Boeing's B737 family specifications.

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The Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts are returning to the skies. If there is an aircraft that you want to avoid it is this one. The 737MAX has been responsible for the deaths of 346 people in 2 separate plane accidents.

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The 737-800 is the best-selling variant of the 737NG and is the most widely used narrow-body aircraft. Ryanair, an Irish low-cost airline, is among the largest operators of the Boeing 737-800, with a fleet of over 400 of the -800 variant serving routes across Europe, Middle East, and North Africa.

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The move away from the MAX name has been a subtle process and Boeing has begun to use the name 737 MAX and 737-8(7 through 10) interchangeably. This way they are transitioning away from the MAX name toward the normal naming convention of modern Boeing aircraft.

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Despite the FlyersRights concerns, the FAA, Boeing and many pilots deem the 737 MAX safe to fly and many airlines have the plane in service. “I can say categorically that the 737 MAX product is safe,” then-acting FAA administrator Bill Nolen told members of the US Senate Commerce Committee in March.

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According to experts, the model (737-800) is considered to be the safest aircraft ever made. The 737-800 belongs to the aviation giant's next-generation aircraft which also includes 600, 700, and 900.

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Pilots want to fly. There is not a single one who is afraid of the Max. They have been very vocal and angry, less that a fixable and defective avionic was put on board but that they were not given sufficient information to accommodate the seemingly random element introduced.

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