Boeing 757-200 in the context of "Maximum takeoff weight"

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⭐ Core Definition: Boeing 757-200

The Boeing 757 is an American narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor for the trijet 727, received its first orders in August 1978.The prototype completed its maiden flight on February 19, 1982, and it was FAA certified on December 21, 1982.Eastern Air Lines placed the initial 757-200 variant in commercial service on January 1, 1983.A package freighter (PF) variant entered service in September 1987 and a combi model in September 1988.The stretched 757-300 was launched in September 1996 and began service in March 1999. After 1,050 had been built for 54 customers, production ended in October 2004, while Boeing offered the largest 737 Next Generation variants as a successor to the -200.

The jetliner is powered by 36,600–43,500 lbf (163–193 kN) Rolls-Royce RB211 or Pratt & Whitney PW2000 underwing turbofan engines for a 255,000–273,000 lb (116–124 t) maximum takeoff weight (MTOW).The 757 has a 2,000 sq ft (185 m) supercritical wing for reduced aerodynamic drag and a conventional tail.It keeps the 707 fuselage width and six–abreast seating and its two-crew glass cockpit has a common type rating with the concurrently designed 767 (a wide-body aircraft).It was produced in two fuselage lengths: the 155 ft (47.3 m) long 757-200 (the most popular with 913 built) typically seats 200 passengers in two classes over 3,915 nautical miles [nmi] (7,250 km; 4,505 mi); while the 178 ft (54.4 m) long 757-300 typically seats 243 over 3,400 nmi (6,295 km; 3,900 mi).The 757-200F can haul a 72,210 lb (32,755 kg) payload over 2,935 nmi (5,435 km; 3,378 mi).Passenger 757-200s have been modified for cargo use as the Special Freighter (SF) and the Precision Converted Freighter (PCF).

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Boeing 757-200 in the context of United Airlines Flight 93

United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C. The mission failed when the passengers fought back, forcing the terrorists to crash the plane in Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, preventing them from reaching al-Qaeda's intended target, but killing everyone aboard the flight. The airliner involved, a Boeing 757-200 with 44 passengers and crew, was flying United Airlines' daily scheduled morning flight from Newark International Airport in New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport in California, making it the only plane hijacked that day not to be a Los Angeles–bound flight.

Forty-six minutes into the flight, the hijackers killed one passenger, stormed the cockpit, and struggled with the pilots as controllers on the ground listened in. Ziad Jarrah, who had trained as a pilot, took control of the aircraft and diverted it back toward the East Coast, in the direction of D.C.

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Narrow-body aircraft → Boeing Commercial Airplanes → Twinjet → Trijet → Boeing 727 → Federal Aviation Administration → Eastern Air Lines → Cargo aircraft → Combi aircraft → Boeing 737 Next Generation → Rolls-Royce RB211 → Pratt & Whitney PW2000 → Turbofan → Maximum takeoff weight → Supercritical airfoil → Aerodynamic drag → Stabilizer (aeronautics) → Boeing 707 → Glass cockpit → Type rating → Boeing 767 → Wide-body aircraft → Fuselage → Nautical mile →