Google engineer Erik Haddad was flying from San Francisco to Hawaii on United Airlines flight 1175 on Tuesday when the plane encountered an unexpected issue: part of one of its engines fell off:
that looks bad, plane and simple ✈️ #ua1175 pic.twitter.com/EKXUxDBw9q
— Erik Haddad (@erikhaddad) February 13, 2018
The incident forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Honolulu, where Haddad shared a fuller image of the damage:
for those fellow flight enthusiasts wanting to see more detail #ua1175 pic.twitter.com/SvADgjWgIK
— Erik Haddad (@erikhaddad) February 14, 2018
Yikes.
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