Aircraft specificationsPropulsion: Two General Electric CFM56-7B24 High Bypass Ratio turbofan engines, rated at 24,200 pounds thrust each.
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While the average passenger might not notice many major differences between the two, the MAX is a major improvement over the 737-800 especially in terms of overall efficiency and range, and passengers can expect to continue seeing more MAX aircraft over the coming years as Boeing continues to fill its backlog of orders ...
Its engines are the most powerful in the worldThe sole engine option on the 777-300ER is the General Electric GE90-115B, delivering approximately 115,000 pounds of takeoff thrust in each engine.
The Boeing 737-800—the type of aircraft involved in Monday's loss of a China Eastern Airlines jet in southern China—has a global reputation as an airline workhorse and comes with a good safety record.
737-800. The Boeing 737-800 is a stretched version of the 737-700. It replaced the 737-400 and competes primarily with the Airbus A320. The 737-800 seats 162 passengers in a two-class layout or 189 passengers in a one-class layout.
The most powerful aircraft in terms of thrust is currently the Antonov An-225 Mriya, a Ukrainian cargo plane. The An-225's engines generate a total of 332,750 pounds of thrust, making it the most powerful aircraft in the world. T/W ratio depends on: altitude.
Early jet enginesBoeing's first 747 jumbo had much bigger engines which produced about 45,000lbs of thrust. The most recent model, the 747-8, has engines that produce 66,000lbs of thrust.
The Venezolana Boeing 737 is one of the oldest planes still flying in commercial service. It was first used in 1978, making it over four decades old. Despite its age, this aircraft continues to operate under the banner of Venezolana, an airline based in Venezuela.
Comparing the 737 MAX 8 directly to the 737-800 on numbers alone, it quickly becomes evident that the newer MAX series has a longer range and the ability to carry an extra 18 fare-paying customers in a two-class setup. The MAX 200's high-density layout also allows it to hold more passengers than one-class 737-800s.
The Boeing 737-800 is one of the most common aircraft in the world, and considered to be one of the safest. For comparison, all models of the Airbus A300, another popular commercial aircraft, have a marginally higher crash rate of 0.46 crashes per million flights.
All fixed-wing aircraft have some capability to glide with no engine power; that is, they do not fall straight down like a stone, but rather continue to glide moving horizontally while descending.