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B737 Series
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Boeing 737 Series
Description
Short to medium range narrow body airliner. The Boeing 737 series includes the following variants:
| ICAO Type Designator | Name | Length (m) |
| B732 | 737-200 | 30.5 m |
| B733 | 737-300 | 33.4 m |
| B734 | 737-400 | 36.4 m |
| B735 | 737-500 | 31.2 m |
| B736 | 737-600 | 31.2 m |
| B737 | 737-700 | 33.6 m |
| B738 | 737-800 | 39.2 m |
| B739 | 737-900 | 42.1 m |
Notes
- The long range corporate jet developed on the basis of Boeing 737-700, B737-800 and B737-900 are designated by Boeing as BBJ1, BBJ2 and BBJ3 respectively. ICAO does not define specific designators for these particular Boeing 737 modifications.
- The Boeing 737-200, -300, -400 and -500 are often referred to as 'Classic' variants and the Boeing 737-600, -700, -800 and -900 as 'NG' (New Generation) variants.
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving B737 Series
- AT72 / B732, vicinity Queenstown New Zealand, 1999 (AI LOS AGC HF)
- B732 / A321, Manchester UK, 2004 (RI HF)
- B732, London Gatwick UK, 1993 (RE HF)
- B732, Manchester UK, 1985 (AW FIRE)
- B732, Medan Indonesia, 2005 (LOC HF AW FIRE)
- B732, Pekanbaru Indonesia, 2002 (RE HF AW)
- B732, Seattle WA USA, 2006 (RE HF)
- B732, en-route, Maui Hawaii, 1988 (AW LOC HF)
- B732, vicinity Tamanrassat Algeria, 2003 (LOC FIRE AW)
- AT45 / B733, Munich Germany, 2004 (RI HF)
- B733 / B744, Chicago IL USA, 2006 (RI HF)
- B733, Birmingham UK, 2009 (GND HF RE)
- B733, Burbank CA USA, 2000 (RE HF)
- B733, Nottingham East Midlands, UK 2006 (RE LOC HF)
- B733, en-route, Grammatiko Greece, 2005 (HF LOC FIRE AW)
- B733, en-route, Santa Barbara CA USA, 1999 (WAKE)
- B733, en-route, north of Antalya Turkey, 2009 (LOC WX)
- B733, vicinity Belfast Aldergrove UK, 2006 (RE LOC HF)
- B733, vicinity Bournemouth UK, 2007 (LOC AW HF)
- B733, vicinity Chambery France, 2010 (CFIT LOC HF)
- B733, vicinity Helsinki Finland, 2008 (LB CFIT HF)
- B733, vicinity Manchester UK, 1997 (LB CFIT HF)
- B733, vicinity Pittsburg PA USA, 1994 (AW LOC)
- B733, vicinity Sharm El-Sheikh Egypt, 2004 (HF LOC)
- B738, Knock Ireland, 2009 (BS)
- AS32 / B734, Aberdeen UK, 2000 (AGC RI HF)
- B734 / MD81, en-route, Romford UK, 1996 (LB LOS HF)
- B734, Aberdeen UK, 2005 (GND)
- B734, Amsterdam Netherlands, 2010 (BS CFIT LOC HF)
- B734, Barcelona Spain, 2004 (AW BS RE)
- B734, Brisbane Australia, 2001 (WX)
- B734, Yogyakarta Indonesia, 2007 (RE HF FIRE)
- B734, en-route, Daventry UK, 1995 (AW LOC HF)
- B734, en-route, New South Wales Australia, 2007 (LOC HF)
- B734, en-route, Sulawesi Indonesia, 2007 (HF LOC)
- B734, vicinity East Midlands UK, 1989 (HF LOC FIRE AW)
- B735, Denver USA, 2008 (WX HF RE FIRE)
- B735, Newark NJ USA, 2006 (GND)
- B735, en-route, North East of London UK, 1996 (WAKE LOC)
- B735, en-route, SE of Kushimoto Wakayama Japan, 2006 (AW)
- B735, vicinity Billund Denmark, 1999 (WX)
- B735, vicinity London Heathrow UK, 2007 (AGC LOC HF)
- B735, vicinity Perm Russian Federation, 2008 (HF LOC AW FIRE)
- DH8D / B735, Exeter UK, 2009 (RI HF)
- A319 / B737, Zurich Switzerland, 2002 (RI HF)
- B737 / A332, Seatle-Tacoma WA USA, 2008 (RI HF)
- B737 / B737, vicinity Geneva Switzerland, 2006 (LOS HF)
- B737 / F100, Geneva Switzerland, 2006 (HF LOS)
- B737 en-route, Glen Innes Australia, 2007 (AW HF)
- B737, Amsterdam Netherlands, 2003 (GND HF)
- B737, Chicago Midway USA, 2005 (RE HF WX)
- B737, Southend UK, 2010 (RE HF)
- B737, en-route, west of Norwich UK 2009 (LOC HF AW)
- A318 / B738, en-route, Trasadingen Switzerland, 2009 (LOS HF)
- A320 / B738, vicinity Launceston Australia, 2008 (LOS HF)
- B738 / 744, Los Angeles USA, 2004 (RI HF)
- B738 / A319, Dublin Ireland, 2010 (RI HF)
- B738 / CRJ1, New York La Guardia USA, 2007 (HF RI)
- B738, Eindhoven Netherlands, 2010 (RE HF)
- B738, En route, south west of Beirut Lebanon, 2010 (LOC HF)
- B738, Goteborg Sweden, 2003 (GND LOC HF)
- B738, Hobart Australia, 2010 (RE HF)
- B738, Kingston Jamaica, 2009 (HF RE)
- B738, Limoges France, 2008 (RE WX HF)
- B738, London Stansted UK, 2008 (GND HF)
- B738, Manchester UK, 2003 (GND RE HF)
- B738, Mangalore India, 2010 (RE HF FIRE)
- B738, Naha Japan, 2007 (FIRE AW)
- B738, Oslo Gardermoen Norway, 2005 (RE HF)
- B738, Prestwick UK, 2009 (RE HF)
- B738, Rotterdam Netherlands, 2003 (GND LOC HF)
- B738, Stuttgart Germany, 2005 (GND HF)
- B738, Sydney Australia, 2007 (RE HF)
- B738, en-route, Arabian Sea, 2010 (LOC LB HF)
- B738, en-route, Colorado Springs CO USA, 2006 (FIRE)
- B738, en-route, southern Austria, 2010 (AW)
- B738, vicinity Cork Ireland, 2006 (CFIT HF)
- B738, vicinity Douala Cameroon, 2007 (LOC HF)
- B738, vicinity Schiphol Netherlands, 2009 (HF LOC)
- B738, vicinity Skavsta Sweden, 2004 (RE HF)
- B738/B738, Girona Spain, 2010 (GND HF)
- C551 / B738, Oslo Gardermoen Norway, 2006 (RI HF)
- E135 / B738, en-route, Amazon Brazil, 2006 (HF AGC LOS)