74 Boeing 737 loses external panel mid-flight, lands safely in Oregon in latest plane incident (nypost.com) posted 248 days ago by conservativeamerica 248 days ago by conservativeamerica +74 / -0 Boeing 737 loses external panel mid-flight, lands safely in Oregon in latest plane incident A Boeing 737-800 lost an external panel mid-flight Friday — the latest issue involving one of the manufacturer’s planes that was only discovered when it landed at an Oregon airport, acc… 15 comments share 15 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Somebody didn't install/tighten the lower screws on that honeycomb panel. The bottom forward screw is missing and it has evidence of smoking so that tells me that the screw was never tightened down and just wobbled itself out.