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Known for its fuel efficiency and clean and quiet operation, the 757-200 entered production in 1981. Boeing delivered the first to launch customer Eastern Airlines on December 22, 1982.

Three principal models were eventually produced - the 757-200, 757-300, and the 757-200 freighter. In addition, Boeing produced one 757-200 Combi. October 28, 2004 was the 1.050th and final 757 a Shanghai Airlines 757-200, was the centerpiece of a ceremony at the company's Renton, Washington factory. The final 757 will be the 1.049th delivered to an airline or military operator . Boeing uses the first 757 as a test bed.

• 757-200:    Standard version.

• 757-200PF Package Freighter:     Developed for United Parcel Service. Large freight door forward, single crew door and no windows; up to 15 standard 2.24 × 3.18 m cargo pallets on main deck.

• 757-200M Combi: Boeing's mixed cargo/passenger configuration with windows; upward-opening cargo door to port (forward) 3.40 × 2.18 m; carries up to three 2.24 × 2.74 m cargo containers and 150 passengers; one delivered to Royal Nepal Airlines.

• 757-200SF Special Freighter:    Boeing Airplane Services will purchase 757-200s from British Airways and other operators and modify them to 757SF Special Freighter configuration for lease to DHL Worldwide Express. The modification, which is also available to other customers, provides 226.5 m3  of cargo space with payload of 27,215 kg and range of over 3.704 km.

• 757-200 `Catfish':     Boeing's own 757-200 prototype (N757A) fitted with radar nose in Lockheed Martin F-22A profile and representative F-22A swept wing section above flight deck containing conformal radar antennas for advanced radar trials; first flight in this configuration March 11, 1999.

• VC-32A:     Boeing 757-2G4. Four, with PW2040 engines, ordered August 8, 1996 as replacements for VC-137s of USAF's 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB, Maryland. First aircraft (98-0001) flew February 11, 1998 and was delivered to 89th AW on June 19, 1998. Further three followed on June 23, November 20 and November 25, 1998. Post-production modifications, performed at Boeing's Wichita facility and completed on first aircraft on April 2, 1999, include installation of auxiliary fuel tanks, capacity 6.984 liters in forward and aft cargo holds, increasing range to 9,260 km; self-deploying forward airstairs; crew ladder; SATCOM upgrade; and 378 liter  potable water tank.

• 757-300:     Stretched version. Described separately.

                                                        * Generally similar to the Boeing 757-200 except in the following particulars.

Boeing 757-200 production:

Built 995, active 956, stored 29, scrapped 1 and written-off 8 at March 2005. 

8 Boeing 757-200 written-off by accidents:

•     02oct1990    B-2812    Boeing 757-21B    China Southern Airlines    While waiting for take-off clearance from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport, China to Shanghai the aircraft was hit by a crashing Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737 (B-2510). The 737 struck the right wing and cut through the center fuselage. The 757 caught fire.    46 fatalities / 122 on board.

•     20dec1995    N651AA    Boeing 757-223    American Airlines    during approach of Cali-Alfonso B. Aragon Airport, Colombia, crashed into a mountain near Buga, Colombia    160 fatalities / 164 on board.

•     06feb1996    TC-GEN    Boeing 757-225    Alas Nacionales    Crashed 26 km NE off Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic in the Atlantic Ocean.    189 fatalities / 189 on board.

•     02oct1996    N52AW    Boeing 757-23A    AeroPeru    Crashed 73 km NW off Lima, Peru in the Pacific Ocean.    70 fatalities / 70 on board.

•     14sep1999    G-BYAG    Boeing 757-204    Britannia Airways    During landing at Gerona-Costa Brava Airport, Spain, the captain lost his visual reference with the runway because all runway lights had suddenly failed, because of thunderstorm. The 757 runs at grassland beside the runway and both main landing gears collapsed.   0 fatalities / 245 on board.

•     11sep2001    N591UA    Boeing 757-222    United Airlines    The aircraft was hijacked by four terrorists. The hijackers took over control, reportedly switched off the transponder and changed course to, probably, Washington. The aircraft probably crashed near Somerset, PA following passengers attempt to take down the hijackers.    44 fatalities / 44 on board.

•     11sep2001    N644AA    Boeing 757-223    American Airlines    The 757 was hijacked by five terrorists. The hijackers took over control, reportedly switched off the transponder and changed course to Washington. The 757 crashed in the Pentagon.    44 fatalities / 44 on board / 125 fatalities on the ground.

•     01jul2002    A9C-DHL    Boeing 757-23APF    DHL Aviation    Collided in the air with a Tupolev 154 of Bashkirian Airlines above Überlingen, Germany.    2 fatalities / 2 on board / 69 fatalities from Tupolev 154.

Research: R.Vogelaar

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