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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United. Just say no.
They were only at 10,000 feet when the door blew off. Plane wasn’t highly pressurized yet.
A Friend of mine is a United pilot. He said the ceo is a freak but at least he knows how to run an airline.
at KCI a flock of geese went through the engine of an A300and cost 10 million to replace, they counted 10 beaks.
LOL. yep
Bingo!
happened while landing filling it out before takeoff???
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