Q 01/05

How do Boeing 737 fuselages built in Wichita, Kansas, reach the assembly line in Washington state?

A) By barge

B) By rail

C) By road

D) By air

Answer · why

B) By rail

By rail: the complete body of each 737 crosses half the country on a freight train. In 2014 a derailment in Montana sent several fuselages tumbling do...

Q 02/05

The unmarked 737s of Janet, a secretive US government airline in Las Vegas, fly workers to which famous site?

A) Yucca Mountain

B) Los Alamos

C) Fort Knox

D) Area 51

Answer · why

D) Area 51

Area 51 is the best-known stop for the red-striped jets, which also serve the Tonopah Test Range. The Janet nickname is said to come from the wife of ...

Q 03/05

What happened to Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737 over Hawaii in 1988, before it landed safely on Maui?

A) The roof tore off

B) Both engines failed

C) A cargo door opened

D) The nose gear collapsed

Answer · why

A) The roof tore off

The roof tore off: an 18-foot section of the upper cabin peeled away at 24,000 feet. Poor maintenance and metal fatigue were blamed, and the captain c...

Q 04/05

Where did TACA Flight 110, a Boeing 737 that lost both engines in a thunderstorm near New Orleans, land safely?

A) On a highway

B) On a golf course

C) On a sandbar

D) On a grass levee

Answer · why

D) On a grass levee

On a grass levee beside a canal, where the powerless jet glided down with only minor injuries aboard. After an engine change it took off again from a ...

Q 05/05

In which African city did GSG 9 commandos storm the hijacked Boeing 737 Landshut in 1977 and free the hostages?

A) Mogadishu

B) Entebbe

C) Khartoum

D) Casablanca

Answer · why

A) Mogadishu

Mogadishu, Somalia, was the last stop for a holiday flight hijacked five days earlier on the way home from Mallorca. The raid freed all the passengers...