
United Airlines flight discovered to be missing external panel after landing safely in Oregon
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A United Airlines flight was discovered to be missing an external panel of the aircraft after it landed in Medford, Oregon, Friday afternoon.
A United Airlines flight was discovered to be missing an external panel on the aircraft after it landed in Medford, Oregon, Friday afternoon after taking off from San Francisco, California, according to the airline. The plane carrying 145 passengers and crew landed safely and was parked at the gate at Rogue Valley International Medford Airport when a person on the ground first noticed the panel was missing, United Airlines said in a statement. The crew of Flight 433 did not declare an emergency and there was no indication of the damage during the flight, the airline said. The aircraft is a Boeing 737-800, according to United. It is a previous generation and not the newer 737 Max aircraft recently making headlines. United said the missing panel did not affect the flying characteristics of the airplane. The missing panel was on the bottom side of the fuselage, underneath the wing and behind the main landing gear, United Spokesperson Leslie Scott told CNN.

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