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United AirlinesCEO is assuring customers that safety is their top priority after multiple incidents have made headlines as of late.
“Safety is our highest priority and is at the center of everything we do,” he added, before addressing a string of recent concerns.
In March 2024 alone, there werefive incidents in one week— with some resulting in passengers and crew members having to undergo emergency evacuations.
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“Our team is reviewing the details of each case to understand what happened and using those insights to inform our safety training and procedures across all employee groups. This is in addition to some changes that were already planned, including an extra day of in-person training for all pilots starting in May and a centralized training curriculum for our new-hire maintenance technicians. We’re also dedicating more resources to supplier network management.”
He added that at United Airlines, employees are encouraged “to speak up and raise their hand if they see something wrong.”
The CEO also said that customers can be confident that once their fleet of planes pulls away from a gate, all employees and crew members are already working together to help passengers arrive safely to their destination.
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On Friday, United Flight 433 from San Francisco International Airport landed in Medford, Oregon, witha portion of its external paneling missing.
The Boeing 737-800 arrived without incident, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will researching the matter.
The “aircraft did not declare an emergency into [Rogue Valley International Medford Airport], as there was no indication of the damage during flight," the airline said in a statement to PEOPLE.
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Friday’s news followed the five previously mentioned United Airlines incidents in one week.
In one instance, an international United Airlines Flight 830 was headed to San Francisco from Sydney when “a maintenance issue” caused the aircraft to be diverted back to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport.
There was alsoa tire that fell offwhile en route to Osaka, Japan on March 7, and one ofUnited Airlines Flight 1118’s engines caught on fire on March 4.
source: people.com
