United Flight 354 made an emergency landing in Denver Monday due to a damaged wing slat. The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating the incident. Photo courtesy of United Airlines
Feb. 20 (UPI) — A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Boston made an emergency landing in Denver Monday due to a damaged wing.
United Flight 354 was diverted to Denver “to address an issue with the slat on the wing of the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement to the Boston Globe.
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“The flight landed safely and we arranged for another aircraft to take our customers to Boston.”
A video that passenger Kevin Clark shared to social media showed the damaged section of the wing as the plane prepared to touch down.
“Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane,” Clarke said in the video. “It came apart when we took off…
