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.

  • pulaskiwasright@lemmy.mlEnglish
    23·
    9 months ago

    I wish the article said how old the plane is. A lot of Boeing jets are 50+ years old and at that point, you have to blame the airline. But this article doesn’t say.

    • diffusive@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      9 months ago

      At least in Europe, passengers jets are new because more fuel efficient at the “normal” speed. These old jets are then transformed in cargo where they go very slow so fuel efficiency goes up by other means (and the old jet is way cheaper).

      This was a passenger plane so i doubt it was anywhere close to 50 years old