"Despite a reassuring (for some) statement from the FAA affirming that Boeing's 737 MAX 8 planes remain "safe" for flight, more countries on Tuesday have opted to ground the planes, including Singapore and Australia, in a rare break with US air-travel regulators."
"Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority said on Tuesday that it had suspended the operation of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft flying to or from the country. Since no Australian airlines fly the aircraft (though its Virgin Air recently ordered dozens of new MAX 8s), the decision only impacts the Singaporean airlines SilkAir and Fiji Airlines, according to the FT."
My wife is booked on a 737-800 and was wondering if it's the same as a 737 MAX 8. Luckily the answer is NO. The 737-800 is one of the "Next Generation" series (actually the third generation), and is the safest of them all.
"An analysis by Boeing on commercial jet airplane accidents in the period 1959–2013 showed that the Next Generation series had a hull loss rate of 0.27 per million departures versus 0.54 for the classic series and 1.75 for the original series." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_Next_Generation
"The Boeing 737 MAX is an American narrow-body aircraft series designed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, succeeding the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG)." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX
