Nigerian jet missing after takeoff

[ohiostorm]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10 ... index.html

[Brent]

Some high-level Nigerian officials were believed to be on board the Belleview Airlines jet, the office of President Olusegun Obasanjo told CNN.

[Brent]

"More than half" survived. Still no word on these high level officials.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10 ... index.html

[nystate]

Wow...CNN uses the wrong plane, a plane that Boeing is currently trying to sell, in illustration of the crashed aircraft...

[mf_dolphin]

Wow...CNN uses the wrong plane, a plane that Boeing is currently trying to sell, in illustration of the crashed aircraft...

Check again. That is a 737

[nystate]

Wow...CNN uses the wrong plane, a plane that Boeing is currently trying to sell, in illustration of the crashed aircraft...

Check again. That is a 737

True, but CNN depicts a 737-800, while the aircraft that crashed was a 737-200. Major difference...the -800 series is pretty new and still in production, while the -200 series went out of production in 1988. The 737-800 went into production in 1998 and is very much so more advanced. Also, the 737 NG series (737-600/700/800) have never had an accident with fatalities, while there have been numerous crashes involving the original 737s (like the -200 that crashed yesterday).

That's enough techno-aero babble for now...

If you really want to see the difference, look at the flighdeck-

737-200 cockpit- http://www.airliners.net/open.file/891237/L/

737-800 (CNN aircraft) cockpit- http://www.airliners.net/open.file/920593/L/

[ohiostorm]

What a difference in the control panel. I believe the 800 holds more people as opposed to the 200 correct?

[nystate]

What a difference in the control panel. I believe the 800 holds more people as opposed to the 200 correct?

Yep, that's right.