Posted on 07/02/2025 8:03:07 PM PDT by lowbridge
The sky is falling!
A flap from a Delta Airlines plane plummeted from the sky and onto a driveway in North Carolina early Wednesday morning.
The fragment found in a residential Raleigh neighborhood splintered off a Boeing 737 flight from Atlanta to Raleigh-Durham International Airport that had been delayed Tuesday evening due to a thunderstorm in Georgia, according to a spokesperson for Delta.
The flap, which was “evidently separated” from the left wing, didn’t impede the aircraft’s “safe landing” in Raleigh-Durham, the spokesperson wrote.
It landed smack dab in the middle of one unlucky Tar Heel’s driveway, just a few yards away from their car.
Still, the six crew members tending to the 109 customers aboard the flight didn’t realize they’d lost the piece of precious cargo until they landed around 1:15 a.m.
“After the aircraft landed safely, it was observed that a portion of the left wing’s trailing edge flap was not in place. Delta is fully supporting retrieval efforts and will cooperate with investigations as nothing is more important than safety,” the spokesperson wrote.
Trailing edge flaps are used during takeoff and landing to help the plane slow down and maintain altitude, according to NASA. Passengers lucky enough to nab the coveted window seats near the wings typically have the perfect view of the flaps in action.
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You do understand that this is a 20+ year old airplane being maintained by the airline that operates it. Don’t you?
Boeing is no more responsible for this incident than Ford is for the 20 year old car on the side of the road overheating.
“ Maybe Delta should upgrade to the 320 family”
20-30 year old A320s have this problem too. Parts will fall off when not maintained properly.
Chill, “Gary” 😂
Do you work for Boeing? 🤣
“ Do you work for Boeing? 🤣”
No, but I work in the industry. I’m just tired of the media baseless attacks on one of America’s greatest companies and the idiotic comments from people who watch the media and participate.
There are over 1 million flights a day on Boeing aircraft without incident. Nearly all of the incidents the media attribute to Boeing are the fault of the operator. Like this one.
The “If it’s Boeing” is an age old saying.
Again....chill, “Gary”.
See? I somehow KNEW you were involved w/Boeing. ;-)
I’m involved with Airbus and Boeing. Our product is on both manufacturers planes. But it’s Boeing that the media have set out to destroy.
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