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United 767 fuselage crumpled after hard landing (avherald.com)

submitted 1 year ago by GlobalMagenta@lemm.ee to c/aviation@lemmyfly.org

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A United Boeing 767-300, registration N641UA performing flight UA-702 from Newark,NJ to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA), landed on Houston's runway 26L at 10:34L (15:34Z) but touched down hard. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. There were no injuries.

Source: https://avherald.com/h?article=50c768a7&opt=0

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[–] Chog@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A similar thing happened to a Delta Boeing 757 in the past. Let’s see if United also goes the same route of repairing or scrapping this one.

https://simpleflying.com/delta-hard-landing-boeing-757/

[–] GlobalMagenta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I am curious as well. 32.4 years old. It did get a cabin refurbishment in January 2023, so this makes the repair/not repair decision perhaps a bit harder.