The aircraft collided with residential property, vehicles and various other obstructions and as a result a further 49 people on the ground were killed and a further 26 seriously injured.) The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a subsequent fire and 100 of the 117 occupants were killed and 15 seriously injured. B732, Medan Indonesia, 2005 ( On 5 September 2005, a Boeing 737-200 being operated by Mandala Airlines on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Medan, Indonesia to Jakarta failed to become properly airborne during the attempted take off from from runway 23 in day VMC and, after failing to remain airborne, overran the end of the runway at speed finally coming to a stop outside the airport perimeter.B732, Manchester UK, 1985 ( On 22nd August 1985, a B737-200 being operated by British Airtours, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Airways, suffered an uncontained engine failure, with consequent damage from ejected debris enabling the initiation of a fuel-fed fire which spread to the fuselage during the rejected take off and continued to be fuel-fed after the aircraft stopped, leading to rapid destruction of the aircraft before many of the occupants had evacuated.).There was no damage to the aircraft or injury to the occupants and the aircraft taxied to the allocated gate after the landing.) B732, London Gatwick UK, 1993 ( On 20 October 1993, a Boeing 737-200 being operated by Air Malta on a scheduled passenger flight from Malta to London Gatwick landed at destination on the taxiway parallel to the runway for which landing clearance had been given in good visibility at night after a Surveillance Radar Approach (SRA) terminating at 2 miles from touchdown had been conducted in VMC.Related ATC procedures were subsequently reviewed and improved.) An alert was generated by the TWR conflict detection system but it was only visually annunciated and had not been noticed. Both aircraft were found to have been operating in accordance with their acknowledged ATC clearances issued by the same controller. B732 / A321, Manchester UK, 2004 ( On 29 February 2004, a Boeing 737-200 crossed an active runway in normal daylight visibility ahead of a departing Airbus A321, the crew of which made a high speed rejected take off upon sighting the other aircraft after hearing its crossing clearance being confirmed.AT72 / B732, vicinity Queenstown New Zealand, 1999 ( On 26 July 1999, an ATR 72-200 being operated by Mount Cook Airlines on a scheduled passenger flight from Christchurch to Queenstown entered the destination CTR without the required ATC clearance after earlier cancelling IFR and in marginal day VMC due to snow showers, separation was then lost against a Boeing 737-200 being operated IFR by Air New Zealand on a scheduled passenger flight from Auckland to Queenstown which was manoeuvring visually (circling) after making an offset VOR/DME approach in accordance with a valid ATC clearance.).
#Boeing 737 aircraft types series
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.Īccidents & Serious Incidents involving B737 Series.ICAO does not define specific designators for these particular Boeing 737 modifications. 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.The Boeing 737 series includes the following variants:Īircraft Family Members ICAO Type Designator Short to medium range narrow body airliner.