United Boeing 737 Loses External Panel Mid-Air, Issue Found Upon Landing in Oregon

This is the latest in a slew of incidents that have put Boeing under intense scrutiny.

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

A United Airlines Boeing 737 was grounded on March 15 after it was found to have lost an external panel mid-air without the knowledge of the flight crew, according to the airline.

In a statement to The Epoch Times, United said that despite the missing panel, the Boeing 737-800, which flew out of San Francisco, had landed safely in Jackson County, Oregon.