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No 737-800 is not max. It's just one of the longer NGs.

There's an even longer -900 too.

So whatever happened, it's safe to say it was not MCAS. I wonder what did happen though.. But no doubt they authorities will find this out in due course.

Some posted videos basically show it going almost vertically down :( RIP.

The plane was delivered in 2014/2015 and isn't a MAX. Do you just make up and post whatever's on your mind?

To be fair there were articles saying that the 737 max was being brought back under the name "737-8200", which is pretty similar to the "737-800"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/15/boeing-737-...

Making a reference to whatever related subject has a lot of mindshare is a pretty common format for low effort comments around here. It's just HN's high brow version of making an equally low effort quip about the front falling off.

It clearly gets a positive reception sufficiently more often than a negative one or people wouldn't do it.

It would be better for everyone if this were deleted.

I stand corrected, I did not recall correctly.

memory is a curious function

no, a -800 is a NG but not a MAX.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_Next_Generation#737...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_Next_Generation#Fur...

> In 2011, Boeing launched the 737 MAX, an updated and re-engined version of the 737NG

Did you just make that up?

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