737

Popular passenger jet

The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range commercial jet airliner, one of the most widely produced aircraft in aviation history.

In casual usage, 737 often appears in news about air travel, airline fleets, or aircraft incidents: Our flight was on a 737.

The designation has become shorthand for the everyday commercial airplane experience.

Boeing

Seattle

Pacific Northwest metropolis

Everett · assembly · factory · engineering · innovation · defense · contractor · corporate · shareholder · stock

aircraft

fuselage

Aircraft's central structure

flaps · rudder · elevator · narrow-body · twin-engine · pressurization · avionics · APU · landing gear · overhead bin

commercial

airline

Air transport company

United · American · Delta · route · hub · short-haul · domestic · regional · fleet · livery

safety

grounding

Connecting to earth

  • crashSudden violent impact
  • EthiopianFrom Africa's oldest nation
  • FAAU.S. flight safety agency

investigation · certification · oversight · whistleblower · recall · software · sensor · angle of attack · stabilizer · trim

variants

Next Generation

Those who come after

combi

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Opposites
aircraft size/body type

737wide-body

Aircraft with broad fuselage

A380 · 747 · 777 · twin-aisle · jumbo jet

aircraft manufacturer rivalry

737Airbus

European aircraft manufacturer

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