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Old 16th Mar 2024, 03:36
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UA 433 loses part of exterior panel SFO-MFR

Lots of posts and news reports, most apparently containing false info about diversion and emergency landing, for UA 433 SFO-MFR, where post-landing inspection revealed a "lost panel". Try:
https://www.ktvu.com/news/united-air...-missing-panel
Not my area of expertise at all, but from the photo it looks to me as though most of the panel was torn off, some top part remaining. Given proximity to LG, could something have got caught on gear-up or more likely gear-down? No FOD found at MFR, but if due to conflict with gear, I'd be searching below the up/down locations once identified.

Over to the the knowledgeable...
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