A United flight was diverted after passengers spotted that parts of the plane wing were chipped

• A United flight from San Francisco to Boston was diverted to Denver due to a damaged wing.
• Passengers spotted that part of the wing was chipped before it was redirected.
• All of the flight's passengers were later flown on a different plane to Boston.

A United Airlines flight departing from San Francisco and bound for Boston was diverted to Denver after passengers spotted that parts of the plane's wing were chipped, Boston's WHDH 7News first reported on Tuesday.