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In the wake of the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft following two recent crashes, the airline which had been flying the MAX 8 into New York Stewart International Airport has switched to a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Norwegian Air is operating the larger airplane on a temporary, daily basis between Stewart Airport in New Windsor and Dublin Airport in Ireland. Boeing 787 aircraft usually are configured with from 242 to 338 passenger seats, whereas the MAX 8 typically is configured with 138 to 230 passenger seats.
Various countries started grounding their fleets of Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes shortly after the March 10 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 near Addis Ababa. All 157 on board...