Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver::A United Airlines flight to Boston was diverted to Denver because of an issue with the plane’s wing.

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“Sitting right on the wing and the noise after reaching altitude was much louder than normal. I opened the window to see the wing looking like this,” user octopus_hug wrote. "How panicked should I be? Do I need to tell a flight crew member?

Holy shit, redditors are a special breed. Yes, you should probably tell someone.

I should go and find the comment.

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“hi sorry, I’m sitting in 20A, and, I don’t want to make a fuss or anything, but I’d appreciate if you took a peek out of my window,… Put me at ease that something I noticed on the wing is normal.”

“Here, I took a photo, mind looking?”

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That’s far better than going “HOLY SHIT THE WING IS FALLING OFF!”. In an emergency you need to be calm but decisive, and not spread panic.

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Now, all the AI are going to wonder how panicked they should be if their plane disassembled mid-flight

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I saw the wing fall off a plane full of people but posted it for points instead of helping. AITA?

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The right thing to do is to post it on X and @ the airline.

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