Passenger sees "wing coming apart" on United flight from San Francisco to Boston; flight forced to land in Denver
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A United Airlines flight to Boston was diverted to Denver because of an issue with the plane's wing.

Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver::A United Airlines flight to Boston was diverted to Denver because of an issue with the plane’s wing.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
    1054·
    9 months ago

    “Sitting right on the wing and the noise after reaching altitude was much louder than normal. I opened the window to see the wing looking like this,” user octopus_hug wrote. "How panicked should I be? Do I need to tell a flight crew member?

    Holy shit, redditors are a special breed. Yes, you should probably tell someone.

    I should go and find the comment.

      • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
        33·
        9 months ago

        “hi sorry, I’m sitting in 20A, and, I don’t want to make a fuss or anything, but I’d appreciate if you took a peek out of my window,… Put me at ease that something I noticed on the wing is normal.”

        “Here, I took a photo, mind looking?”

        • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
          101·
          9 months ago

          That’s far better than going “HOLY SHIT THE WING IS FALLING OFF!”. In an emergency you need to be calm but decisive, and not spread panic.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      9 months ago

      Now, all the AI are going to wonder how panicked they should be if their plane disassembled mid-flight

    • JasonDJEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      The right thing to do is to post it on X and @ the airline.