Posted on 02/20/2024 9:54:44 AM PST by V_TWIN
A flight from San Francisco bound for Boston had to make an emergency landing in Denver after the plane’s wing started “coming apart” mid-flight.
Kevin Clarke was among the 165 passengers on board United Flight 354 en route to Boston on Monday when it had to be diverted to Denver. He recorded the unplanned stop, saying “Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane,” our sister station WFXT reported.
Clarke told WFXT, he saw bird strike forms while boarding the flight.
“I’m like bird strike? That’s not good. We take off, I heard this loud buzzing noise, and then it faded away so I didn’t think much of it and all of a sudden the pilot is coming back, so I threw my window open, peeked out the window and the whole leading edge of the wing was destroyed.”
Clarke said the pilot took photos of the damage and talked to ground crew before diverting to Denver.
United confirmed that the plane had a problem with a wing slat.
KMGH reported that the Federal Aviation Administration released a statement to ABC News saying, “United Airlines Flight 354 landed safely at Denver International Airport around 5:15 p.m. local time on Monday, February 19, after the crew reported a possible flap issue. The Boeing 757 departed San Francisco International Airport and was headed to Boston Logan International Airport. The FAA will investigate.”
The passengers transferred to an awaiting plane and got to Boston about three hours after the planned landing.
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If you think the wing looks bad, just consider what happened to the bird!
Caused by global warming?
Funny how aircraft damage is always a lot more critical when your actually ON it. 😏
What are birdstrike forms?
A blind man on a galloping horse will never notice it.
What are birdstrike forms?
Isn’t United the airline with the cross-dressing CEO, who has mandated that a large percentage of its future pilots be black females?
'tis but a scratch!! Now FLY ON to beantown. .
Thank you, DEI.
Gremlins - great Twilight Zone episode.
Midflight? That would put the aircraft at least 30,000 feet up...maybe higher.
Some birds can fly up to 37,000 but I would seriously doubt this was a bird strike.
I am old enough to remember when Aeroflot had many mechanical issues with its planes.
I guess that is what happens when a country is under COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP.
That’ll buff right out..................
Vic Morrow had dandruff found his head and shoulders in the bushs
Birds fly, planes fly, but the shouldn’t be flying in exactly the same place at the same time...
Actually, it kind of is just a scratch.
That damaged part is the forward slat. It kind of rolls a bit forward and down when deployed. It increases efficiencies of the airfoil at low speeds. Particularly used at takeoff.
The wing (undamaged)begins just behind that slat.
Took ‘till post 35 lol!
OH Yeah...
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