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Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver (www.cbsnews.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 9 months ago (4 children)

"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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

I saw the wing fall off a plane full of people but posted it for points instead of helping. AITA?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

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