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ABOUT

The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) MD-90 is a retired American five-abreast single-aisle airliner developed by McDonnell Douglas from the earlier MD-80. The airliner was produced by the developer company until 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was a stretched derivative of the MD-80 and thus part of the DC-9 family. After the more fuel-efficient IAE V2500 high-bypass turbofan was selected, Delta Air Lines became the launch customer on November 14, 1989. The MD-90 first flew on February 22, 1993, and the first delivery was in February 1995 to Delta.

The MD-90 competed with the Airbus A320ceo family and the Boeing 737 Next Generation. Its 5 ft (1.4 m) longer fuselage seats 153 passengers in a mixed configuration over up to 2,455 nautical miles [nmi] (4,547 km; 2,825 mi), making it the largest member of the DC-9 family. It kept the MD-88's electronic flight instrument system (EFIS).

The shrunken derivative of MD-80 or shorter variant of MD-90, originally marketed as MD-95, was later renamed the Boeing 717 following McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing in 1997.

Production ended in 2000 after 116 deliveries. Delta Air Lines flew the final MD-90 passenger flight on June 2, 2020. It was briefly retired before being put into testing with Boeing Commercial Airplanes for the NASA X-66 program. It was involved in three hull-loss accidents with only one fatality being a fire related or non-aeronautical accident.

The MD-90, the stretched derivative of the MD-80 and thus the third generation of the DC-9 family, was launched on November 14, 1989 when Delta Air Lines placed an order for 50 MD-90s, with options to purchase a further 110 aircraft. The type was 57-inch-longer (1.4 m) longer than MD-80 and featured a glass cockpit (electronic instrumentation) and more powerful, quieter, fuel-efficient IAE V2525-D5 engines, with the option of upgrading to an IAE V2528 engine.

STORY

Aside of operating a relatively large number of MD-80s, Lion Air also operated its modernized variant, the MD-90. All MD-90 that was operated by Lion Air is a former Reno Air and American Airlines airframes and when it was first operating in Indonesia they're among the newest plane in the country since most post-deregulation airlines in Indonesia uses aging planes. Lion Air operates MD-90 from 2005 to around 2012 when most of them was sold to Delta Air Lines as parts

This particular aircraft (PK-LIO) was involved in an incident in 23 February 2009. During approach to Batam's Hang Nadim International Airport, the front landing gear of the plane failed to deploy, causing the plane to land without front landing gear being deployed. No fatalities among the 164 occupants onboard. Investigation later revealed that the nose landing gear water deflector is cracked, causing the front landing gear to stuck. The plane was later repaired

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