Recently, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane was required to make an emergency situation landing in Portland, the United States, when a cabin panel blew off in midair leaving an open hole in the airplane’s fuselage. Simply days in the past, a Japan Airways Airbus hit a smaller...
While these speeds are impressive, they won’t shave much time off a journey. The Boeing 737–800 — flown by Alaska, Delta, and United Airlines — cruises at Mach 0.785. Its faster counterparts, which reach cruising speeds ranging from Mach 0.80 to Mach 0.90, may arrive at a destination ...