United Airlines Boeing 737-800 lands safely in Medford, Oregon with an under-fuselage panel missing. United says the issue was first discovered when parked at the gate.




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A Boeing aircraft operated by United Airlines landed at an Oregon airport on Friday missing an external panel, the airline said.

United Flight 433 departed San Francisco and landed safely at its destination, the Rogue Valley International/Medford Airport in Medord, Oregon around 1:45 p.m., a United spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

"After the aircraft was parked at the gate, it was discovered to be missing an external panel," the airline said. "We’ll conduct a thorough examination of the plane and perform all the needed repairs before it returns to service."

The Boeing 737 was carrying 139 passengers and 6 crew members. No one was injured.

The aircraft didn't declare an emergency at the airport as there was no indication of damage during ther flight, United said.

An investigation will be opened to determine how the panel came apart, the airline said. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will also open an investigation, an FAA spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

The 25-year-old aircraft involved in Friday's incident was first delivered to Continental Airlines, which merged with United in 2012, in December 1998, according to Airfleets, which tracks information on civil aircraft.

Boeing aircraft have been involved in a series of mid-flight incidents that have raised questions about the company's safety record.

On Wednesday, an American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles after a possible mechanical issue aboard a Boeing 777 airplane.

On Monday, United Airlines Flight 830, which was heading from Sydney to San Francisco, was forced to turn around mid-flight due to a fuel leak. The Boeing 777-300 plane was carrying 167 passengers and 16 crew members when it returned to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport in Australia.

Hours earlier, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that was traveling from Sydney to Auckland experienced a technical issue that resulted in injuries to 50 passengers.

Boeing referred questions about Friday's incident to United.

It's just gonna get worse. Basically Boeing products has a shelf life, and now we're seeing some showing symptoms. In few years it will be a frequent problem so much so that Boeing will be sued to oblivion.

Brought to you by DEI

If it's Boeing I ain't going.

Old plane though, we need to distinguish between issues with stuff Boeing ships from the factory and stuff that is more likely a maintenance issue with the airline operating the plane

Cause I'm team airbus now

Calls on boeing, gubment won't let them fail so the only way is up (unless it's an actual plane)

But but but Boeing supports DEI and ESG and is focused on having more ethnic diversity in their workforce! Surely that should be your only concern.

Boeing 737 or 777?

Brutal..

how long till a real crash

guys every company has black people. You probably should all just hitchhike and never fly.

Jack, I ain't flying Boeing even if it's Microsoft Simulator

Yeah, but at least you can't call them racist.

Clearly the government did not give them enough money to not spend on their aircrafts.

Newest Boeing aircraft , the 7 chapter 11