AOL News reports Inspectors find damage in 3 more Southwest jets after one was forced to make a harrowing emergency landing.
In the last two summers we flew to Toronto, Ontario, Canada from Los Angeles, California non-stop on American Airlines. The plane is a Boeing 738 (also called a 737-800). The Southwest Airlines plane that developed a 1’ by 5’ hole in the ceiling is a 737 (older 737-300 model). So the question is: How safe are these planes? The answer is there are over 6,000 Boeing 737 aircraft around the world and they are still delivering more. I found one aircraft web site that contends a 737 is taking off somewhere every 2.2 seconds. That claim seems rather unreasonable but the planes are certainly well used with few complaints.
According to Wikipedia 737s take of every 5 seconds. The 737 is operated by more than 500 airlines, flying to 1,200 destinations in 190 countries. With over 8,000 aircraft ordered, over 6,000 delivered, and over 4,500 still in service, at any given time there are on average 1,250 airborne worldwide at any one time. There have been 4097 fatalities as of May 2010.
The Airbus A320 family is the European competitor to the 737. It was not introduced until 20 years after the first 737. Total fatalities are 795 as of July 2010. That is something to think about!
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Good Morning,
My blog does not say a 737 takes off every 2.2 seconds, it says a 737 lands or takes off every 2.2 seconds. This lines up with the average of one taking off every five seconds.
The 2.2 second statistic is from Boeing directly.
Happy Flying!
– Fish
Thanks – where is article source?
There are two links in this article. You can easily Google more information.