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Passenger airplane operated by Southwest Airlines has made emergency landing in the airport of American city Cleveland, state of Ohio, inform American mass media.

According to information of New York Post, flight from Chicago to Newark has made emergency landing in two hours after take-off when on the external side of one of the illuminators appeared a break. Southwest company informed that crew hasn’t announced emergency landing mode and the cabin of the airplane remained hermetic.

For maintenance operational procedures Airline Company has withdrawn the airplane out of the traffic. Later inspectors of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after making inspection of the airplane informed that the reason of incident could be metal fatigue because of which one of the fan blades from the engine has broken away.

It should be noted that it is not first case when airplane of Southwest Airlines has to land in accident conditions. In the middle of April the engine of one of the aircrafts of this company has burst into flames during the flight from New York to Dallas.

In two days after the incident with broken illuminator another Southwest Airlines airplane that flown from Nashville to Phoenix has made emergency landing because of bird strike. After these incidents aviation authorities of USA and European Union have determined to make inspections of more than one thousand engines of Boeing 737-700 airplanes.

Boeing 737 MAX is the name of new generation of medium-haul airplanes of Boeing 737 family that is being developed by American aircraft corporation Boeing. This generation should replace airplanes Boeing 737NG (Next Generation) that include models 737-600, -700, -800, -900.

Another upgrading of Boeing-737 family includes installation of new more economic engines CFM International LEAP-18 and some changes in fuselage and aircraft’s wing. Airplanes will be equipped with modern cabin Sky interior with which aircrafts of Boeing-737 family are equipped from 2011.

Boeing 737 MAX will consist of three models: 737 Max 7 (to replace Boeing 737-700), 737 MAX 8 (to replace Boeing 737-800) and 737 MAX 9 (to replace Boeing 737-900). Deliveries of first airplanes to airline companies are planned for 2017.

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The seats of the first row (1DEF) as well as the seats 2ABC are narrower than other standard seats as the tray tables are built-in the armrests making them immovable. Also, there is no floor storage for these seats during take-off and landing.

The seats 2ABC are considered good seats as passengers will feel comfortable here thanks to extra legroom due to the bulkhead position.

The seats 9A and 10F are seats with missing windows.

Due to the exit row located behind the seats of the 13th row do not recline.

Passengers of the seats of 14th row and the seats of the 15th row will take advantage of extra space for their legs but at the same time these seats have limited recline because exit row is located behind. The tray tables of the seats 15BCDE are in the armrests making the armrests immovable and reducing the width of these seats.

The best seats on this airplane are the seats of the 16th row as all these seats have extra legroom. The width of the seats 16A and 16F is reduced as the tray tables are in the armrests because there are no seats in front.

The only disadvantage of the seats 29C and 29D is their close location to the lavatories and galley.

The seats of the 30th row are considered bad seats as they have limited recline and due to proximity to the galley and lavatories.

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It corresponds to 737-400 airplane after passenger capacity. In its construction are used technical solutions that are used on primary variant 737-700. Flight tests of experimental airplane were planned to begin in July 1997 but in March 1998 to begin deliveries.

Boeing 737-800 is narrow-bodied passenger aircraft for airlines of short and medium haul, representative of Boeing 737NG (Next Generation). Boeing 737-800 is elongated by 5.9 meters version of 737-700. On this airplane was installed more effective wing, winglets, new empennage, powerful engines and also complex electronic hardware after architecture similar to complex installed on Boeing 777.

Airplane may transport from 162 to 189 passengers. As all airplanes of Next Generation family, 737-800 has spacious cabin with low noise level, comfortable lighting and also other features that allow to provide comfortable flight.

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This version of Boeing 737-700 has 143 economy seats.

The seats of the 1st row have extra legroom. Among disadvantages: lack of floor storage during take-off and landing, lack of tray tables and lack of overhead storage as board equipment is stored here.

The seats 7 A and 8F have no windows.

The seats of the 10th row may be not reclining as exit row is located behind. Another disadvantage of these seats is misaligned windows.

Passengers who are travelling with a partner may choose the seats 11B and 11C. These seats have extra space for passengers’ legs but are less reclining and less padded than other standard seats on this airplane. The tray tables are in the seats’ back in front and if passenger is not tall it may be uncomfortable. Also, it can get very cold by the exits during the flight.

The seats 11DEF have also extra legroom but are less padded and tray tables are in the seats in front that are located on a distance, this fact may cause inconvenience for passengers with small height. It can get cold by the exits during the flight. The seat 11F is also a little downward tilt.

The best seat here is the seat 12A. Passenger of this seat will take advantage of extra legroom due to the missing seat in front.

The seats 23C and 23D are often bumped by other passengers and service carts and are located close to the galleys. Another disadvantage is that some passengers mark that these seats as well as the seats of the 24th row are colder than other standard seats. Close proximity of the seats of the last row to the galleys and lavatory may be bothersome.

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In 1992-1993 Boeing began examination of 737 airplanes subfamily that got designation 737-NGA (New Generation Airliner) or 737-X. Company has planned to improve significantly performance data and economic features taking as a basis construction of Boeing 737-700 airplane in order to extend period of the useful life of airplanes of 737 model (most popular in the world) in 21st century and also to promote competitiveness with similar aircrafts from Airbus Industry consortium.

Officially about start of works on airplanes of 737 Next Generation series was reported in November 1993. The first Customer of the aircrafts of new series became Southwest Airlines that in January 1994 has made preorder for 63 new planes.

Initially airplane Boeing 737-700 had designation Boeing 737-300X what indicated connection with model Boeing 737-300.

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Passenger aircraft Boeing 737-500 is the smallest representative of Boeing-737 family classis series. It differs with shortened fuselage and increased flying range as compared to the base model 737-300.

Commercial use of Boeing 737-500 began in 1990. Serial production continued up to 1999. During this period 389 airplanes have been constructed. To replace Boeing 737-500 model 737-600 was invented.

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The seats 1A, 1B and 1C have such disadvantages as restricted space for passengers’ legs and proximity of the galley and lavatories. Passengers of the seats 1D, 1E and 1F on the contrary will feel comfortable thanks to the extra legroom, but these seats are also located close to the lavatory and galley and this fact may cause inconvenience to passengers.

As the seats of the 9th row are located in front of emergency exit, these seats have either limited recline or are not reclining at all.

The seat 10B has limited recline and doesn’t have extra space for passengers legs but as there is no window-side seat here, passenger of this seat will feel here more spacious than on other standard seats.

Despite the fact the seat 10C is located in exit row it has limited recline and doesn’t have extra legroom.

The seats 10DEF and the seat 11A are considered the best seats on the airplane as passengers of these seats will feel comfortable here thanks to the extra space for their legs.

The only disadvantage of the seats of the 19th and 20th rows is close location to the lavatories and galley.

The seats of the last 21st row are considered bad seats due to their close location to the galleys and lavatory and due to their limited recline.

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Boeing 737-300 was developed on the base of Boeing 737-200 airplane and differed from it with extended-fuselage, new cabin and changed fin. On this airplane have been also installed essentially other more economical engines and digital aviation electronics.

Boeing 737-300 became the base model of so-called classic series of Boeing-737 aircraft family (Boeing 737 Classic), along with the models 737-400 (version with extended-fuselage) and 737-500 (with shortened-fuselage and increased flying range).

Construction of Boeing 737-300 continued from 1974 to 1999. During this period 1113 airplanes have been produced. From 2005 is active program of reequipmenting the airplanes of early production into cargo variants Boeing 737-300SF. At the end of 1990’s was developed model 737-700 for replacing Boeing 737-300.

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