‘Wing coming apart’: Passengers land safely after plane damaged midflight

actionnewsjax.com ^ | February 20, 2024 | Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

[The_Media_never_lie]

If you think the wing looks bad, just consider what happened to the bird!

[Verginius Rufus]

Caused by global warming?

[V_TWIN]

Funny how aircraft damage is always a lot more critical when your actually ON it. 😏

[The_Media_never_lie]

What are birdstrike forms?

[Eagles6]

Little Bondo and some paint...Wa La...good as new.

A blind man on a galloping horse will never notice it.

[The_Media_never_lie]

What are birdstrike forms?

[BrexitBen]

Isn’t United the airline with the cross-dressing CEO, who has mandated that a large percentage of its future pilots be black females?

[z3n]

What are birdstrike forms?

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Did you get that memo about the bird strike forms?
Yeeahhh
You see, from now on, we aren't sending any birds out without forms.
Mmmmkayyy?

[Ikeon]

You are right, thats a flap not the "wing".

'tis but a scratch!! Now FLY ON to beantown. .

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Thank you, DEI.

[Ancesthntr]

Gremlins - great Twilight Zone episode.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

...after the plane’s wing started “coming apart” mid-flight.

Midflight? That would put the aircraft at least 30,000 feet up...maybe higher.

Some birds can fly up to 37,000 but I would seriously doubt this was a bird strike.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

I am old enough to remember when Aeroflot had many mechanical issues with its planes.

I guess that is what happens when a country is under COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

That’ll buff right out..................

[al baby]

Vic Morrow had dandruff found his head and shoulders in the bushs

[null and void]

Birds fly, planes fly, but the shouldn’t be flying in exactly the same place at the same time...

[steve in DC]

Actually, it kind of is just a scratch.

That damaged part is the forward slat. It kind of rolls a bit forward and down when deployed. It increases efficiencies of the airfoil at low speeds. Particularly used at takeoff.

The wing (undamaged)begins just behind that slat.

[V_TWIN]

Took ‘till post 35 lol!

[Chode]

OH Yeah...