United jet lands in Hawaii after engine covering rips apart

Passengers aboard a United flight from San Francisco to Honolulu had a scary trip over the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, after the casing around one of the engines ripped apart. Flight 1175, with more than 370 people on board, landed without incident at Honolulu International, a United spokesman said. "Scariest flight of my life," a passenger from San Francisco wrote on Twitter. She posted photos of the aircraft's engine with its cowling missing. The spokesman said he could not immediately say whether or not the engine on the Boeing 777 continued to function after the cowling came off. The pilots declared an emergency before the plane landed safely. The FAA will investigate the incident. <br/>