Piece of Delta airplane wing plummets onto NC driveway mid-flight — and crew had no idea until they landed

nypost.com ^ | July 2, 2025 | Caitlin McCormack

[waterhill]

Also Lockheed-Martin operated there. Nothing like an F-16 screwing around over your house.

[HIDEK6]

It landed smack dab in the middle of one unlucky Tar Heel’s driveway, just a few yards away from their car.

To my way of thinking, that Tar Heel was lucky!

[pa_dweller]

[Paladin2]

Not sure about composites, but I got 0.50/lb for aluminum cans last trip to Pacific Steel….

[Right Brother]

Is that Debbie Wasserman Schultz?

[Az Joe]

They are high enough over me that the noise is no bother. I’m just waitin for the pay off when a part busts through my roof or car! Lol

[T.B. Yoits]

Not sure about composites, but I got 0.50/lb for aluminum cans last trip to Pacific Steel...

I could see the residents of the home being so disgusted with the aviation industry and not wanting to deal with anyone from it, that they would just put the flap out at the curb in the garbage bin.

[pierrem15]

Many airlines have moved maintenance facilities to Mexico.

Cheap labor, parts of unknown origin, and fewer if any of those pesky FAA inspections.

So we have planes manufactured by executives who deliberately sabotage safety protocols to save money and maintained by other executives who deliberately avoid maintenance to save money.

Anything to boost those quarterly earnings and cash in those fat paychecks, bonuses and stock option. If a plane crashes, the stockholders take it on the financial chin and some low level employees will be blamed. The "pump and dump," only paid for in human lives. That's American business today.

[Secret Agent Man]

You or anyone near get blue ice?

[Az Joe]

Not that I know of. Someday

[Antihero101607]

𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘍-16 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦.

Living on base, and working mids is even worse. You’d crawl into bed after a long shift just in time to hear the damn things taking off for the first go of the day.

[GaltAdonis]

“…crew had no idea until they landed…”

They landed okay. So flaps must be optional equipment obviously employed by
the airlines to raise the prices of fares. Unnecessary.

/sarc

[GaltAdonis]

“…crew had no idea until they landed…”

They landed okay. So flaps must be optional equipment obviously employed by
the airlines to raise the prices of fares. Unnecessary.

/sarc

[GaltAdonis]

Wow! I now have TWO keyboards!
This must have something to do with quantum mechanics!
Or not yet drinking my morning coffee.

[Recompennation]

Probablee just a loose screw somewhere.

[sasquatch]

Finders keepers.

[napscoordinator]

It’s so weird how all these airline mishaps began right after trumps inauguration.

[cnsmom]

Last week I believe I rode on my last airplane for my lifetime. It wasn’t a pleasant trip.Ill focus more on local friends and family.

[Sirius Lee]

Boeing 737: The Ford Pinto of airliners.

[V_TWIN]

This is most likely about poor maintenance.