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A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 has crashed with 132 people on board, Chinese aviation authority says
CNBC ^ | 21 March 2022 | Karen Gilchrist

Posted on 03/21/2022 2:12:26 AM PDT by zeestephen

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To: DAC21

Having said that, is the photo in post 8 actually from this crash?


21 posted on 03/21/2022 2:54:54 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: zeestephen
In my youth I took many flights on Third World airlines in Africa and Asia. Today I'd walk rather than do so.
22 posted on 03/21/2022 2:55:03 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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Re: Photo in Comment #8 - two tail engines

Does any model of the 737 have two tail engines?

According to Wiki photos, all 737 models have two wing engines.


23 posted on 03/21/2022 2:57:43 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

“Re: Photo in Comment #8 - two tail engines

Does any model of the 737 have two tail engines?

According to Wiki photos, all 737 models have two wing engines”

As I speculated above, not a photo of this crash.


24 posted on 03/21/2022 3:02:21 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: zeestephen

None do. Thats a DC-9 or similar model.

CC


25 posted on 03/21/2022 3:03:04 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Does so

That ain’t a 737.

CC


26 posted on 03/21/2022 3:04:05 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Does so

Read #11.


27 posted on 03/21/2022 3:08:17 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: zeestephen; caww

Incorrect crash.

Yes, all versions of 737’s have wing mounted engines.


28 posted on 03/21/2022 3:12:02 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (When the kings fight the serfs suffer.)
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To: zeestephen

This is what I found after a couple of google searches.

The Boeing 737 MAX family of aircraft is produced in three variants - 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9.


29 posted on 03/21/2022 3:17:10 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: zeestephen
According to the Daily Mail (UK)...

"The aircraft was delivered to China Eastern from Boeing in June 2015 and had been flying for over six years."

I went to Boeing.com and searched for "737-89P" and could not find any information.

Perhaps that is part of the 737-800 family?

30 posted on 03/21/2022 3:28:03 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: caww

Wrong picture.

This is not a 737.

Stop posting nonsense


31 posted on 03/21/2022 3:28:10 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: DAC21

That pic can’t be from the crash unless they got the aircraft type wrong. ALL 737 aircraft have the engines under the wings... the plane pictured has the engines near the tail.


32 posted on 03/21/2022 3:31:29 AM PDT by Tallguy
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Spring Equinox sacrifice.


33 posted on 03/21/2022 3:37:00 AM PDT by Norski
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To: zeestephen
From CNBC...

"The flight — believed to be the MU5735 — left Kunming at 1:11 p.m. local time (1:11 a.m. ET) and was due to arrive at its destination in under two hours, according to information on FlightRadar24. The flight-tracking website shows that the Boeing 737-89P plane began to descend sharply after 2:20 p.m. local time."

According to Boeing (via CNBC)...

"The Boeing 737 that crashed Monday in China was not a Max model, according to the company."

Boeing shares are down 7% as I write this at 3:40 AM PST.

34 posted on 03/21/2022 3:39:50 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen
Cue Airline Disasters.
35 posted on 03/21/2022 3:40:57 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Celtic Conservative; Smokin' Joe

Yup. Wrong picture.


36 posted on 03/21/2022 3:50:42 AM PDT by Does so (Americans had no desire for war between 1939 and 1941. Rheinland? Sometimes War Finds YOU!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Thank you for your assistence.


37 posted on 03/21/2022 3:51:56 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: mad_as_he$$

Got it.


38 posted on 03/21/2022 3:52:56 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Erik Latranyi

BTW to point out photo errors or what people think are is fine - to add a blisterd remark isn’t. All freepers know I do the best I know how to and have for several years in the photos I post and further that I don’t mind in fact encourage correction if they’re wrong. So please just save your added remarks and we’ll do fine.


39 posted on 03/21/2022 3:56:08 AM PDT by caww ( )
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BTW to point out photo errors or what people think are is fine - to add a blisterd remark isn’t. All freepers know I do the best I know how to and have for several years in the photos I post and further that I don’t mind in fact encourage correction if they’re wrong. So please just save your added remarks and we’ll do fine.

FReepers are also supposed to check facts and sources before posting. But FR is becoming more and more disinformation over the years due to a lack of dilligence on behalf of posters.

40 posted on 03/21/2022 3:59:58 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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