More Details Emerge on Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing issues more details on 737MAX.
The 737MAX has now drawn more than 600 "commitments." (Photo: Boeing)
The 737MAX has now drawn more than 600 "commitments." (Photo: Boeing)

More details finally emerged about Boeing’s plans for the 737 MAX during a review of the third quarter by Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh at the November 3 Goldman Sachs Industrials Conference in Boston.

Perhaps most significantly, Boeing has finally decided on a 68-inch-diameter fan for the CFM Leap-1B engines chosen for the family of airplanes, prompting a lengthening of the front main landing gear by between six and eight inches, said Albaugh.