that 737 NG problems TV documentary

[lynn789]

everyone here is being gentlemanly and steadfast, assuming that if ignored long enough all memory of it will disappear
at what 737 number does the NG series start, cant find on boeing website

is australian PM julia gillards 737 biz jet a NG?
is anyone concerned those NG models breaking up at same places when over running runways

[Capn Bloggs]

is anyone concerned those NG models breaking up at same places when over running runways

Not really. Anything will break up when stressed too much. The fact that 737s break in exactly the same places during the same accidents shows that all those aircraft are built exactly the same way, not necessarily that they are weak because they break.

The show may have a valid point on the build quality, but the break points observations didn't do anything for their argument IMO.

[Avionker]

These questions are technical in what way exactly?

SLF or spotter material maybe......

[lomapaseo]

The only technical part of this question I could deduce was about the consistency of the breakup point for runway overruns.

Once the plane has taken a prang outside it's certified load conditions, it's a given that it will break something in its joints.

The level of load and its points of application are expected to play a significant part in the breakup. Since runway overuns generally have the gear extended and the pitch fairly flat, the sucessive impact loads of running through ditches and over roadbeds have a tendancy to result in consistent fracture points of the fuselage, engine tearaways and gear collapse up into the aft part of the wing.

Best to avoid any plane that is about to do a runway overrun

[EW73]

There're BBJs...