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·
    10 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·
        10 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·
          10 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·
      10 months ago

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

    • JasonDJEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

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