March 16 (UPI) — A post-flight inspection of a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 discovered a missing external panel on the underside of the aircraft after landing at its destination in Oregon, airline officials say.
No equipment failure was indicted during the flight of United Airlines Flight 433 after it left San Francisco International Airport with 139 passengers and six crew members aboard on Friday,
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However, pilots conducting a post-flight visual inspection upon landing in Medford, Ore., discovered that a panel connecting the underside of the fuselage to the rear wing was missing, the airline said in a statement issued to media outlets.
The flight landed at…