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[Travel] Boeing 737 aka Max 8



Poojah

Well-known member
Nov 19, 2010
1,881
Leeds
I remember watching the following video of a 737 MAX taking off prior to its launch. Clearly this is a demonstration of what the plane is capable of, not how it would take-off on a commercial flight, but I thought it was a remarkable feat of engineering that an aircraft as large as that had the ability and agility to do that. It certainly struck me as unconventional.

Obviously it's too early to say what caused this, but it's at least linked to the Lion Air crash in so much as they both occurred immediately after take-off. I guess this is a risk of progress; when you push the technological envelope there's always a risk that you encounter problems that hadn't been contemplated before.

 






Bry Nylon

Test your smoke alarm
Helpful Moderator
Jul 21, 2003
20,576
Playing snooker
:ohmy:

I'm sure that video will put [MENTION=34412]LVGull[/MENTION]'s mind at rest.
 




seagullwedgee

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2005
3,069
Ryanair will apparently be flying up to six of the Max 8 aircraft from May 2019 onwards....
 








Nobby

Well-known member
Sep 29, 2007
2,893
Singapore now banned them entering their airspace!!

So there have been approx 200 of these flying around for over a year. Even at 1.5 flights per day that’s 300 flights per day. Say 300 days x 300 flights that’s 90,000 flights with this aircraft to date.
2 accidents
So that’s 1 in 45,000 chance of an accident.

So 1100 times less likely than Albion getting relegated
And Albion ain’t going down
[emoji106]

I might have a couple of pints beforehand just in case though
 




LVGull

New member
May 13, 2016
1,959
So there have been approx 200 of these flying around for over a year. Even at 1.5 flights per day that’s 300 flights per day. Say 300 days x 300 flights that’s 90,000 flights with this aircraft to date.
2 accidents
So that’s 1 in 45,000 chance of an accident.

So 1100 times less likely than Albion getting relegated
And Albion ain’t going down
[emoji106]

I might have a couple of pints beforehand just in case though

Compared with other aircraft, two losses in 90,000 flights is not a good stat.
 












PILTDOWN MAN

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NSC Patron
Sep 15, 2004
19,636
Hurst Green
I’m flying Tui on Wednesday. But I can’t find out if it’s a 737 max8 or not. Also 60mph winds forecast ffs.
Have you done a funeral plan? At least if you have you can sit plummeting to earth with a smug look on your face, knowing full well someone will make use of your free Parker pen.
 




Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
I am on one tomorrow morning
Ffs. [emoji51][emoji51][emoji51]

Hope you are appreciating the support that NSC is giving you at this difficult time :wink:
 










Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,513
Worthing
So there have been approx 200 of these flying around for over a year. Even at 1.5 flights per day that’s 300 flights per day. Say 300 days x 300 flights that’s 90,000 flights with this aircraft to date.
2 accidents
So that’s 1 in 45,000 chance of an accident.

So 1100 times less likely than Albion getting relegated
And Albion ain’t going down
[emoji106]

I might have a couple of pints beforehand just in case though

I did some work for a lottery winner recently in the Worthing area and we were talking about the 14,000,000/1 odds of winning the jackpot.
Nice guy he was. Enjoy that flight though Nobby :wink:
 




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