The original reddit thread is here

https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/8iR6fjRhqJ

Edit to add:

Link to comment including the known names of redditors who are on the flight.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/IY7Xke3DDE

Note that the flight departed Newark again around 0130 EDT.

Credit to Emily Haggerty Shane Ogden for the video

Source - https://www.instagram.com/rescuehelispotterpipostgallen

Hopefully everyone affected won’t be unemployed for too long

I had heard years ago that they cut the wing spars to prevent them from being used against us. Looking back on it, I doubt that would truly be the reason. Like someone is going to sneak in and Tom Cruise one out of the Boneyard. Are these in fact still intact? If so, surely the materials needed are not made of as much unobtanium as say the SR-71. Also, even if the spars are cut, cant we extrude more and rebuild the wing? You would basically need to anyways to restore it to airworthy condition. Or is it purely a fact that the government won't sell an airframe to anyone bold enough to try?

Credits to Aero Crew News

FDNY responding with a 2nd alarm.

Please do not argue politics, I just wanted to share

Spirit’s the budget king with the cramped seats, bag fees, and viral memes about safety. Everyone roasts them constantly.

But the thing that actually matters: in their whole history (since the early 90s as Spirit namesake), they’ve never had a fatal crash. Zero passenger deaths. No major incidents. They run a big all-Airbus fleet and have flown millions upon millions of people safely with no trouble, unlike many other airlines.

Yeah they’ve had mechanical issues and emergency landings like pretty much every airline, but again no serious incidents. Same goes for a bunch of other ULCCs like Frontier, though, to be fair.

Makes you think when people act like flying them is a death wish lol. The record never backed this up. Unfortunately, this is one of the only fleets with an all Airbus fleet, if you were inclined to avoid Boring for any reason.

Goodbye Spirit, hope your "spirit" lives on.

He also got into two aircraft on the ramp that were shutdown before he was apprehended