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PHOTOS: United 767 Loses Underside Panel Mid-Flight
On Thursday, August 26, 2022, a United Airlines Boeing 767-400 performing flight UA 23 to Dublin (DUB) lost one of its main underside panels during its departure from Newark (EWR). After hearing the loud bang - the sound of the panel flying off the aircraft - the pilots decided to continue to Dublin, where the flight made a safe but late landing. Upon a closer look at the damage, it was found that the right underside panel next to the landing gear was the source of the commotion. (aeroxplorer.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Quite a bit of armchair quarter backing and wanna be pilots providing comments. Reference David Beattie's post.
I'm not an aviator or mechanic but if I were a Pax on that flight I would be contacting a lawye! To my knowledge airplanes are not supposed to be flying around with missing body parts ESPECIALLY OVER THE OCEAN ! Those PILOTS SHOULD BE GROUNDED FOREVER! If a LOUD BANG is heard INSIDE THE PLANE something is amiss. It's not like the windows were open and a bang was heard from the outside. They could not see what the bang was caused by..maybe the panel or slat or flap or.whatever was HANGING OFF and could dislodge at anytime midnight over the ocean and penetrate the skin or engine of the aircraft? This was clearly an unnecessary rusk on the part if the crew and the airline! From the looks of the picture there appeared to be a lot of rust and corrosion on that aircraft. They got lucky plain and simple!
I would really love to hear the CVR at the time it departed just to hear what the pilots were thinking... But we may never know.
That was my thought. Someone will hire a Personal Injury Lawyer claiming ‘Mental Distress’ looking for a quick buck or two for both parties.
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Main consequence was probably an increased fuel burn from the extra drag. That should have been determined well before leaving enroute fields (US/Canadian) access.