- The Boeing 737-824 landed at Medford Airport despite the missing part
- No injuries were reported, Jackson County Airport Director Amber Judd said
- She reiterated that the plane was not a new plane, contrary to incidents seen recently
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A United Airlines plane built by Boeing was grounded Friday after it was found to be missing a panel after it landed after a flight.
The plane is a Boeing 737-824 and managed to land at Medford Airport in Oregon despite the missing part.
No injuries were reported, Jackson County Airport Director Amber Judd said, adding that the plane originated in San Francisco.
She reiterated that the plane was not a new plane, contrary to the many incidents seen in recent months. An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-MAX 9 lost a door mid-flight in January.
The incident – only the latest from the embattled manufacturer – happened on Monday and is the sixth involving a Boeing aircraft in 10 days. Judd further clarified that the part fell from mid-flight as the feds continue to investigate Boeing’s manufacturing practices.
A United Airlines plane built by Boeing was grounded Friday after it was found to be missing a panel after it landed after a flight. Pictured: The missing part on the 25-year-old Boeing 737-824
Jackson County Airport Director Amber Judd reiterated that the plane was not a new plane, unlike the many incidents seen in recent months. An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-MAX 9 lost a door mid-flight in January, with several incidents involving Boeing-made planes since
“It was not a MAX plane,” Judd said Friday after the scare.
The incident comes just three days after another incident in which a Boeing plane was forced to land due to hydraulic fluid spewing from the landing gear area.
Also under investigation was the forced landing when the 777-300 to San Francisco boarded from Sydney, with liquid film leaking from the undercarriage.
It also comes less than a week after a former Boeing employee was found dead of an apparent suicide while presenting evidence in a case he filed against Frim, who alleged he witnessed second-rate parts being fitted on a plane.
After the latest incident on Monday – and another hours before it saw 50 passengers injured on the company’s flagship 787 Dreamliner – Boeing lost more than $4 billion overnight after shares fell more than 4 percent on Tuesday morning.
The FAA has since revealed that the company failed 33 out of 89 revisions during an examination of Boeing’s 737 Max — a model it had planned to update with the long-delayed Max 10.
After Monday’s incident — and several before — United Airlines asked the company to halt work on the undeclared jets: an apparent sign of the carriers’ waning faith.
A file photo shows Boeing employees walking the company’s new flagship 787-10 Dreamliner down the delivery ramp at the company’s South Carolina facility
More to follow…