Watch | Flight’s Wing Starts 'Coming Apart' as It Makes Emergency Landing in Denver

A passenger on a cross-country United Airlines flight captured on video the wing of the plane he was travelling on came apart as it was making an emergency landing.

Kevin Clarke, the flyer, was among the 165 passengers aboard the Boeing 757-200 on the flight from San Francisco to Boston. The incident occurred this Monday.

Clarke caught on video the right wing of the plane shredding as it made an emergency landing nearly 3,200 kilometres from its planned destination.

“Just about to land in Denver with the wing coming apart on the plane. It came apart when we took off in San Francisco, and we’re just about on the ground. Can’t wait for this flight to be over,” Clarke could be heard saying in the video.

“They’ve got another plane waiting for us. Touchdown any second, and the nightmare will be over,” Clarke said.

He told local news outlet WCBV that the pilot walked into the cabin about 45 minutes into the flight to view the damage.

“We’ve discovered we have some damage on one of the front flaps and we’re going to divert to Denver and put you all in a different plane,” the pilot said, according to Clarke.

He said that he felt ‘a sudden vibration’.

Another passenger posted the photo of the damaged wing on social media site Reddit. “Sitting right on the wing and the noise after reaching altitude was much louder than normal. I opened the window to see the wing looking like this,” the passenger said.

The plane safely landed in Denver at 5:15 pm (local time) and the passengers were placed on another flight, United Airlines said. The airlines also said that there were no injuries.

“United Flight 354 diverted to Denver yesterday afternoon to address an issue with the slat on the wing of the aircraft. The flight landed safely and we arranged for another aircraft to take our customers to Boston,” the airline said in a statement.

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched a probe on the incident.