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.

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This “one-off” issue was spotted on dozens of 737s.

      This issue with a damaged wing slat on this particular 29-year-old 757 was spotted on dozens of 737s? Do you have a source for that?

      Unless you’re confusing this with the 737 MAX 9 door plug issue. That is not a one-off, that is a manufacturing/assembly issue. And that’s my point. The door plug situation is a systemic problem on many brand new planes, whereas this story is about a relatively small issue on a 29-year-old plane.

      Something being damaged on a 757 shouldn’t shake people’s confidence in Boeing. Shit going wrong in the design and manufacturing of the 737 MAX series should.