Boeing 737 Max worries continue

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max made an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, (MCO/KMCO)  yesterday after experiencing an engine problem. The crew of SW 8701 declared an emergency just after taking off from Orlando International Airport at 2.50pm (local time) and returned to the airport safely 10 minutes later. No passengers were on board as the aircraft was being ferried to Victorville, California, (VCV/KVCV) where Southwest is storing the aeroplane because of a nationwide commercial flight ban. The 737 Max was grounded in the United States on the 13th March after a deadly crash involving a Max in Ethiopia on the 10th March. It was the second fatal crash involving the plane model in the past five months. Airlines are allowed to shuttle the planes but cannot carry passengers. The FAA said it's investigating but the emergency was not related to anti-stall software that is suspected as a cause of the two fatal crashes, including one last year involving a plane from Indonesia. Airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell said one of the airport's three runways was shut down for cleaning after the landing. She said it was standard procedure to check a runway for debris after an emergency landing. It wasn't clear if any parts actually fell off the plane. Southwest said the plane's pilots reported a "performance issue" with an engine shortly after taking off for the California airport, where it was flying to be in short-term storage. The Max 8 jet was to be moved to Southwest's Orlando maintenance facility to be checked, a company statement said. Yesterday's development comes as the American manufacturer Boeing struggles to cope with the fallout from the two crashes, which have cast a spotlight on the safety certification process and shaken confidence in a plane that is crucial to its future plans. The Boeing 737 Max is the fastest-selling aircraft in the company's history with roughly 370 delivered so far and some 4,700 more on order.

Some airlines have said they are reevaluating existing orders of the 737 Max in the wake of the deadly crashes, including Virgin Australia who has 40 on order.

Orders and deliveries by customer

The following table shows total firm orders and deliveries of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft by customer, As of the 28th  February 2019^[update].

Order date	Customer	Variant					Total Orders	Total Deliveries
		-7	-8	-9	-10	Unk
May 15, 2014	9 Air	—	1	—	—	—	1	1
June 12, 2015	AerCap	—	85	—	15	—	100	5
September 29, 2016	Aerolíneas Argentinas	—	11	—	—	-	11	2
November 5, 2012	Aeroméxico	—	11	2	—	47	60	6
March 31, 2014	Air Canada	—	70	11	—	—	61	23
December 22, 2014	Air China	—	14	—	—	—	15	15
December 21, 2015	Air Europa	—	20	—	—	—	20	—
July 3, 2012	Air Lease Corporation	—	14	8	—	146	168	14
December 1, 2014	Air Niugini	—	4	—	—	—	4	—
September 18, 2018	Air Peace	—	10	—	—	—	10	—
October 31, 2012	ALAFCO	—	40	—	—	—	40	—
October 11, 2012	Alaska Airlines	—	—	32	—	—	32	—
February 1, 2013	American Airlines	—	100	—	—	—	100	24
May 9, 2016	Arik Air	—	—	—	—	8	8	—
December 20, 2012	Aviation Capital Group	—	70	10	20	3	103	5
September 18, 2012	Avolon	—	65	10	20	—	95	3
March 17, 2016	Blue Air	—	6	—	—	—	6	—
August 13, 2014	BOC Aviation	—	77	—	10	—	87	7
June 1, 2018	Boeing Capital Corporation	—	—	—	—	75	75	—
March 21, 2014	Business Jet / VIP Customer(s)	—	2	—	—	19	22	2
June 14, 2017	CALC China	—	—	—	15	35	50	—
November 21, 2018	Caribbean Airlines	—	12	—	—	—	12	—
September 28, 2018	CDB Financial Leasing (Ireland)	—	—	—	—	1	1	1
March 14, 2014	China Development Bank	—	68	—	10	—	78	1
June 17, 2014	China Eastern Airlines	—	13	—	—	—	14	14
December 17, 2015	China Southern Airlines	—	50	—	—	—	50	16
June 19, 2013	CIT Leasing Corporation	—	—	—	—	37	37	—
December 3, 2013	Comair (South Africa)	—	8	—	—	—	8	1
May 30, 2013	Copa Airlines	—	—	41	15	5	61	6
September 27, 2016	Donghai Airlines	—	15	—	10	—	25	—
October 29, 2014	Enter Air	—	2	—	—	4	6	2
September 1, 2014	Ethiopian Airlines	—	30	—	—	—	30	5
March 31, 2017	Fiji Airways	—	5	—	—	—	5	2
December 31, 2013	Flydubai	—	131	70	50		251	14
September 12, 2014	Garuda Indonesia	—	1	—	—	—	1	1
September 28, 2012	GECAS	—	150	—	20	6	176	25
October 1, 2012	Gol Transportes Aéreos	—	105	—	30	—	135	6
June 28, 2018	Goshawk Aviation	—	20	—	—	—	20	—
July 16, 2014	Hainan Airlines	—	3	—	—	4	7	7
May 21, 2013	ICBC Leasing	—	—	—	—	5	5	5
February 12, 2013	Icelandair	—	3	2	—	—	5	3
June 29, 2018	Jackson Square Aviation	—	30	—	—	—	30	—
November 19, 2018	Jeju Air	—	40	—	—	—	40	—
April 23, 2013	Jet Airways	—	125	—	—	—	125	6
December 11, 2014	Jetlines	5	—	—	—	—	5	—
August 17, 2017	Japan Investment Advisor	—	10	—	—	—	10	—
November 9, 2015	Korean Air	—	30	—	—	—	30	—
February 22, 2012	Lion Air	—	10	4	100	87	201	14
July 1, 2016	Malaysia Airlines	—	15	—	10	—	25	—
November 18, 2016	Mauritania Airlines International	—	1	—	—	—	1	1
May 16, 2014	Nok Air	—	6	—	—	—	6	—
January 24, 2012	Norwegian Air Shuttle	—	110	—	—	—	110	18
May 27, 2014	Okay Airways	—	—	—	9	—	9
October 19, 2015	Oman Air	—	30	—	—	—	30	5
December 29, 2016	Qatar Airways	—	5	—	—	—	5	5
July 4, 2013	Royal Air Maroc	—	4	—	—	—	1	1
December 21, 2013	Ruili Airlines	—	—	6	—	30	36	—
November 28, 2014	Ryanair	—	135	—	—	—	135	—
March 28, 2018	SCAT Airlines	—	6	2	—	—	1	1
April 29, 2014	Shandong Airlines	—	6	—	—	—	6	6
December 30, 2014	Shenzhen Airlines	—	5	—	—	—	5	5
November 9, 2012	SilkAir	—	37	—	—	—	37	5
March 13, 2018	SkyUp Airlines	—	2	—	5	—	7	—
September 21, 2018	Smartwings	—	8	—	—	—	8	1
November 10, 2014	SMBC Aviation Capital	—	91	—	—	—	91	2
December 13, 2011	Southwest Airlines	30	250	—	—	—	280	31
October 23, 2013	SpiceJet	—	116	—	20	—	136	7
February 12, 2014	SunExpress	—	15	—	—	17	32	—
June 16, 2018	TAROM	—	5	—	—	—	5	—
January 15, 2014	Timaero Ireland	—	—	—	—	22	22	2
July 9, 2013	TUI Group	—	54	—	18	—	72	14
May 8, 2013	Turkish Airlines	—	65	10	—	—	75	12
October 17, 2018	Turkmenistan Airlines	3	—	—	—	—	3	—
October 1, 2012	Unidentified Customer(s)	—	—	—	—	942	942	—
July 12, 2012	United Airlines	—	—	36	100	—	137	14
April 6, 2018	UTair Aviation	—	—	—	—	28	28	—
May 22, 2016	VietJet Air	—	120	—	80	—	200	—
July 6, 2012	Virgin Australia	—	30	—	10	—	40	—
September 26, 2013	WestJet	23	20	—	12	—	55	12
December 21, 2013	XiamenAir	—	9	—	—	—	9	9
Total		61	2590	242	579	1588	4987	381

List sourced from Wikipedia




Aircraft Details
Airline: Southwest Airlines
Code: WN/SWA
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8Max
Registration: N8712L
Serial Number: 36930
Engines: 2 x CFMI LEAP 1B
First Flew: 18/09/2017
Age: 1 Yrs 5 Mths