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Showing Original Post only (View all)Boeing 757 Makes Emergency Landing After Wing Falls Apart Mid Flight [View all]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/boeing-757-makes-emergency-landing-after-wing-falls-apart-mid-flight/ar-BB1iBlu2Boeing 757 Makes Emergency Landing After Wing Falls Apart Mid Flight
Story by Bill Galluccio 23h
A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Boston with 165 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver after the plane's wing started to fall apart in midair.
When the pilot announced the plane was diverting to Denver, passenger Kevin Clarke looked out the window and saw part of the wing breaking off.
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Any airframe failure that leaves the airframe visibly damaged is airworthiness threatening.
Girard442
Feb 2024
#16
Exactly. We don't know if it was related to a sequence of other problems that will get worse.
Irish_Dem
Feb 2024
#21
I'd pretty much made up my mind not to fly anywhere again, and this confirms my qualms.
planetc
Feb 2024
#6
You're in much more danger driving to the airport than you are in any Boeing
EX500rider
Feb 2024
#47
The 757 is my favority airliner. Flew on it many many times from east to west coast. Love the thrust during takeoff!
beaglelover
Feb 2024
#22
It looks like something punctured the slat which made the holes we see and the slat slowly desintigrated
ArkansasDemocrat1
Feb 2024
#46