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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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[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I wish the article said how old the plane is. A lot of Boeing jets are 50+ years old and at that point, you have to blame the airline. But this article doesn’t say.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

This is the plane, I believe. 29 years old.

[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least in Europe, passengers jets are new because more fuel efficient at the "normal" speed. These old jets are then transformed in cargo where they go very slow so fuel efficiency goes up by other means (and the old jet is way cheaper).

This was a passenger plane so i doubt it was anywhere close to 50 years old

[–] Raxiel@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

A 757 can be between 20 and 40 years old