Older Boeing Plane Found to Have Missing Panel After Flight From California to Southern Oregon

Older Boeing Plane Found to Have Missing Panel After Flight From California to Southern Oregon
A Medford Jet Center worker walks under a United Boeing 737-824 that landed at Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport from San Francisco with a missing panel, in Medford, Ore., on March 15, 2024. Andy Atkinson/Rogue Valley Times via AP
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PORTLAND, Ore.—A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by the company.

United Flight 433 left San Francisco at 10:20 a.m. and landed at Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in Medford shortly before noon, according to FlightAware. The airport’s director, Amber Judd, said the plane landed safely without incident and the external panel was discovered missing during a post-flight inspection. No injuries were reported.