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Old Jan 24, 2019, 8:11 am
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Boogie711
 
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United claims Goose strike, Passenger sues because 'they're lying.'

Just saw this... News Link.

Apparently, passengers enroute from ORD to LHR were diverted to (ironically) Goose Bay, Newfoundland after a bird strike broke a windshield.

Theodore Liaw, a United Million Miler, is suing because a pilot told him there was no bird strike at all. According to Liaw, what really happened is maintenance techs over-torqued the bolts holding the windshield. According to the lawsuit, the results would have been catastrophic, which is why United lied.
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I have no dog in this fight. Just passing along the information. I will say I was prepared to write him off as a crazy, until I saw he's flown over 1M miles with United, so ostensibly, the guy may actually know what he's talking about.
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