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Miraculously, No One Seems to Have Been Hurt

Debris fallen from a United Airlines airplane’s engine lay scattered through the neighborhood of Broomfield, outside Denver, Colorado, on February 20, 2021.
Debris fallen from a United Airlines airplane’s engine lay scattered through the neighborhood of Broomfield, outside Denver, Colorado, on February 20, 2021. Photo: Chet Strange/AFP (Getty Images)

As horrifying as these images are, there’s some solace in knowing that no injuries have been reported so far, neither among those on board the flight nor the thousands of residents on the ground when chunks of a plane fell onto their neighborhoods.

Additional details about what exactly went wrong should emerge in the coming weeks as federal authorities continue their investigation. In the meantime, I’m sure residents of Broomfield, Colorado, are at least somewhat thankful that the events of Saturday afternoon weren’t as devastating as what could have been.

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