Boeing 757 Makes Emergency Landing After Wing Falls Apart Mid Flight

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42. Yeah, that smells like somebody missed some sort of wear or metal fatigue

on the slat or one of the pieces that join the slat to the wing and allow it to move during during one of the many inspections each year these aircraft are required to go through. FAA and the NTSB will immediately (probably already are) begin going through maintenance logs for this particular aircraft. 99% it's not a fleet wide issue with the 757, one of the best and considered the finest airliners by pilots that have ever flown it. They're working there way out of passenger flight but quite a few are moving over or have moved to cargo along with the 767. I'd lay money this is on United and/or a subcontractor and will be found to be a faulty maintenance procedure.


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