Over the weekend, a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 suffered a bird strike not long after departure from San Francisco.
It is clear to note that this is not an issue related to the ongoing events going on at Boeing currently.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
UA1003 – San Francisco-Denver…
United Airlines flight UA1003 is a routine scheduled flight between San Francisco and Denver.
The affected aircraft involved in the bird strike was N37535.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N37535 is a 1.7 year old Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft that was delivered to the airline in August 2022.
Of the 737 MAX 9 variant, UA has 79 of them in the fleet, of which all but one are in active service.
Furthermore, average fleet age for the variant at the airline currently sits at 2.6…