United Airlines Flight Loses Panel After Taking Off From San Francisco

(KMJ) – A Boeing 737-824 landed safely at the Medford Oregon airport on Friday, after a panel fell off mid-flight.

All passengers and crew are safe.

The United Airlines Flight 433 took off from San Francisco at 10:20 am (PDT) Friday morning, and was forced to divert to Oregon, two hours later at 11:36am (PDT).

Quite a sight as United #433 lands at Medford Airport this afternoon after panel apparently lost in-flight from San Francisco. No injuries, all safe, per updates coming in from our reporters. Plane is a 25-year-old Boeing 737-824 More coming soon from@RogueValTimes
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No issues were reported on the flight from San Francisco to Medford according to MFR Airport Director Amber Judd.
The issue with the exterior panel was found during a post-flight check.
UA1246 was scheduled to leave Medford this afternoon for Denver using the same plane, tail #N26226, however the flight has now been delayed.

United Airlines responded on its website:

“We’re sorry for the delay. Our maintenance team needs to service equipment on the exterior of your aircraft before we depart, and we’ll keep you updated as we get more information.” -United Airlines

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