United Airlines plane bound for Boston diverted to Denver due to wing ‘coming apart’

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Boston was diverted to Denver Monday due to a damaged wing, officials said. Flight 354 diverted to Denver “to address an issue with the slat on the wing of the aircraft,” United officials said in a statement. “The flight landed safely and we arranged for another aircraft to take our customers to Boston.” The Boeing 757-200 was carrying 165 passengers and landed in Denver at 7:21 p.m., United officials said. Denver International Airport officials confirmed that the flight was diverted “around 8...