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UNCOVERED: Us probes boeing 737 flight found with lost external panel after landing - The Untold Story

United Airlines planes, including a Boeing 737 Max 9 model, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, United States [File: Loren Elliott//Reuters]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating how a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 lost an external panel before landing safely in the US state of Oregon, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by the company.

Flight 433 from San Francisco landed safely at the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport in Oregon at about 20:45 GMT on Friday, but a post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel, the FAA said.

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