The Boeing 717 was initially marketed as the MD-95 by McDonnell Douglas in the 1990s and was rebranded by Boeing after a merger deal. Boeing offered to finance the 717 to incentivize airlines to ...

At the time, the aircraft at the center of the drama was a 20-year-old Boeing 717-200 ... Noted by Airfleets, it started flying in 2001 for TWA, then American Airlines, Qantas, Jetstar, and ...

The Boeing 717 aircraft, which was carrying 94 passengers, three flight attendants and two pilots, deployed slides on the runway during the evacuation, Delta told CNN. “When the plane took off ...