An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas ... The aircraft involved was a 26.8-year-old Airbus A320-200, one of the oldest in the fleet, Planespotters.net information showed.

The MAXs are newer, at just an average of four years old. American's Airbus A320 narrowbody fleet is made up of 132 A319-100s, 48 A320-200s, 218 A321-200s, and 84 A321neos. That is a total of 470 ...