767 Panel Falls Off In Flight

A skin panel of a Boeing 767 fell off a short time after takeoff on a American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Paris recently. The pilot noted that he heard a loud noise and felt some vibrations, having no idea what could be causing it, yet continued the flight on to Paris without incident. Come to find out the panel covering air conditioning components had fallen off. Oops. Oh yeah, and as standard airline language reads -- "the aircraft was never in danger."

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