Passenger captures shocking video of ‘wing
coming apart’ on United flight making
emergency landing
New York Post,
by
Yaron Steinbuch
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
2/21/2024 11:11:11 PM
A passenger on a cross-country United Airlines flight captured shocking video of the “wing coming apart” while the plane was making an emergency landing.
Kevin Clarke was among the 165 passengers aboard the Boeing 757-200 on the flight Monday from San Francisco to Boston when the right wing appeared to start shredding.
He caught video of the horrifying incident as the plane made an emergency landing nearly 2,000 miles from its planned destination.
“Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane,” Clarke is heard saying moments before landing in the clip posted by his wife.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
janjan 2/21/2024 11:22:43 PM (No. 1662710)
Looks like the worthless Mayor of South Bend with absolutely no knowledge or expertise in the transportation sector needs to tag someone who might have a clue to visit Boeing and find out what the hell is going on with their quality control.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Bogasso 2/21/2024 11:45:56 PM (No. 1662717)
Boeing hasn’t touched that plane in years. It has nothing to do with them. It looks to me like moisture ingression in a composite sandwich assembly. Freeze/thaw cycles cause delamination. It’s why components have to be removed and inspected periodically, even on Airbus planes.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 2/21/2024 11:54:02 PM (No. 1662721)
Leading edge slat isn't actually a part of the wing structure, but an aerodynamic movable device on the front of the wing. Very odd looking damage, but over such a small part, and not at all related to the structural strength of the wing, not likely to cause a structural failure or loss of control.
Not at all obvious to this engineer how damage like that could occur.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 2/22/2024 12:02:31 AM (No. 1662725)
Re #2, ...in decades, almost certainly. A -200 version is an early model, probably 25 or more years old.
Who last inspected that slat when and by whom, to what standard?
The history of the slat will be interesting to learn.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
4Liberty2020 2/22/2024 12:07:30 AM (No. 1662729)
Isn't the CEO of United Airlines the one who just made it mandatory to have 50% DIE in place?
This could be the start of their downfall (literally) of their planes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 2/22/2024 12:42:58 AM (No. 1662742)
I want everyone to be knowing
Where e’er in this world I’ll be going
To Bahrain, Maine, or Spain
On whatever airplane
That plane sure as Hell won’t be Boeing
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 2/22/2024 1:43:18 AM (No. 1662759)
Re #6, this pilot and engineer will always trust Boeing aircraft over Airbus, any day of the week. Airbus accident rate due to their damned over-controlling ultra-automation systems are numerous where the pilots cannot figure out what in hell the computerize flight systems are doing to them in time to save the aircraft.
MANY cases of that causing crashes. Or a tail just breaking off of an Airbus because of turbulence and then Airbus says...."well the pilot pushed the rudder several times, that can overload the tail..." PUSHING the rudder can overload the tail????? Sorry, this is not a good, safe design, IMO. And NO changes to the Airbus tails....just recommendations not to push the rudders too many times in trying to smooth out turbulence.
IMO, Boeings are way safer than Airbus.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mifla 2/22/2024 5:01:48 AM (No. 1662792)
There seems to be a massive shortage of competent people in our country since covid.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
franq 2/22/2024 6:59:48 AM (No. 1662847)
The use of composites in anything never gave me a warm fuzzy feeling.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jimincalif 2/22/2024 8:56:36 AM (No. 1662932)
Yeah, what #2 said. Boeing has its issues, but this isn’t on them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 2/22/2024 9:15:32 AM (No. 1662940)
So Boeing makes their 757's out of balsa wood. How tight must they wind the rubber band for a flight from SF to Boston?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/22/2024 9:36:46 AM (No. 1662962)
I thought they only used balsa wood on model airplane kits. Apparently it's standard on the 757. I would bet that United would have awarded this guy a bunch of free tickets if he had kept this video to himself.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
velirotta 2/22/2024 9:51:37 AM (No. 1662972)
Like #3 suggested, a movable part forward of the leading edge of a wing, designed to temporarily increase lift on take-off, does NOT justify a hysterical cry of a "wing coming apart." Take a sedative and go lie down, fella.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Encore 2/22/2024 9:52:01 AM (No. 1662975)
I don’t believe this is a Boeing issue either. Unfortunately, all passengers are at the mercy of DEI now. That means untrained maintenance personnel, engineers, and logisticians all down the line. It’ll all start falling apart and no one will be held accountable.
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