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Flight from San Francisco forced to divert to Denver after plane's wing came apart
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:28 am
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:28 am
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A passenger of a Boston-bound commercial flight made an unusual sighting when he looked out of the window and saw a wing of the plane falling apart midair.
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Passenger Kevin Clarke said he boarded United Flight 354, a Boeing 757-200 that was departing out of San Francisco and took off on schedule but was told by the pilot that the plane would be forced to divert to Denver, Boston 25 News reported. Then, he saw the problem with his very own eyes. The slat of the plane's right wing was "coming apart" and missing noticeable chunks.
"I’m like bird strike? That’s not good," Clarke told the outlet. "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."
He was also able to get his cell phone out and record the harrowing moment. "Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane," Clarke narrates in the cell phone video. "Came apart when we took off in San Francisco, and we’re just about on the ground. Can’t wait for this flight to be over."
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Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:30 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:31 am to Darth_Vader
When exactly did Boeing lose its ability to manufacture aircraft?
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:33 am to SloaneRanger
DEI
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:34 am to SloaneRanger
When did aircraft grade aluminum become a bad thing.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:34 am to SloaneRanger
DEI is an issue, but we are also starting to see a result of corporations pushing short term profits over literally everything else.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:35 am to 4x4tiger
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DEI
That’s a 30 year old plane.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:35 am to SloaneRanger
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When exactly did Boeing lose its ability to manufacture aircraft?
Considering that the 757-200 was built in the early 80s...
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:35 am to SloaneRanger
What does a possible bird strike have to do with manufacturing, and it was a 757 manufacturered around '94.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:36 am to Darth_Vader
To be fair, a plane could fly endlessly with the damage in that picture.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:37 am to SloaneRanger
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When exactly did Boeing lose its ability to manufacture aircraft?
Things like this, and it’s happening more and more now, have completely erased my faith in commercial air travel.
I know there is a general people of finding people to work and actually give a shite about doing a good job. Most of the time it’s frustrating, like when they get your order wrong at a fast food joint. But when you’re hurtling through the air at 35,000’ doing 400 MPH, that’s a different matter.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:38 am to SloaneRanger
This plane was built in 1994. Well before Boeing’s current issues started.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:38 am to Darth_Vader
It is a leading edge slat with damage. They won’t fly it again until fixed but they were not about to die.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:39 am to Saintsisit
It was a tranny bird
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:47 am to jmh5724
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That’s a 30 year old plane
Being looked after by today's maintenence crews.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:49 am to Jcorye1
quote:Freakin THIS x1000. Corporate "efficiency" to maximize profits at the detriment of safety is creating havoc in all areas of transportation - rail, truck, and air. I've been screaming at a corporate brick wall about a few things going on in the trucking industry but absolutely nobody will listen because profit growth is the #1 priority far above all else.
but we are also starting to see a result of corporations pushing short term profits over literally everything else.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:51 am to Darth_Vader
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Things like this, and it’s happening more and more now, have completely erased my faith in commercial air travel.
Commercial air travel is much safer now than it’s ever been. People need to do some research into all the accidents from the 1950s-1990s caused by manufacturing and/or design flaws. Not to mention pilot error.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:52 am to LarryCLE
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This plane was built in 1994. Well before Boeing’s current issues started.
So there aren't current mechanical employees whose job it is to make sure that an aircraft is worthy of flying? What does that have to do with when an aircraft was built?
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 7:53 am
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:52 am to Darth_Vader
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peeked out the window and the whole leading edge of the wing was destroyed."
What an over exaggerated fig.
The plane is already been in the air 2 1/2 hours. If it were a real problem, it would’ve turned back immediately.
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 7:53 am
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:54 am to SouthEndzoneTiger
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So there aren't current mechanical employees whose job it is to make sure that an aircraft is worthy of flying? What does that have to do with an aircraft was built?
Yes, but they’re United Airlines employees.
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