FAA Launches Investigation After Wing Flap Partially Breaks During Delta Flight

100 Percent Fed Up ^ | August 22, 2025 | Staff

[Red Badger]

I hate it when that happens....................

[Red Badger]

I hate it when that happens....................

[dfwgator]

That’ll buff right out.

[Red Badger]

And the seats will get new covers...............

[Red Badger]

Duct tape and superglue is all that’s needed...............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE4vuHz_GPg

[V_TWIN]

Planes can fly with one engine....they can’t fly with one wing......good grief.
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These airlines better get ahold of their maintenance issues.

[Carry_Okie]

“After landing it was observed that a portion of the left wing’s flap was not in place. The aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance."

I wouldn't call that "maintenance." It's a repair.

I keep getting the impression that one of the reasons we are seeing so many flaws in Boeing aircraft is that EVERYTHING on them is designed so close to the edge of serviceability and built with less than stellar attention to detail as means to meet competing mandates and directives, from "climate" to fuel economy, to DEI hires for assembly technicians...

There are only so many straws that camel can take.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“ as the plane flew at hundreds of miles an hour thousands of feet in the air.”

No WAAAYYY.
Why was the plane going so fast ?
It should have slowed to 20 mph and put its blinkers on

[mikey_hates_everything]

Some zip-ties will get that flap back in place just like new.

[Red Badger]

Why?
Was the pilot 85 years old and on I-95 at rush hour?...............

[Red6]

My guess, faulty maintenance.

[Red Badger]

My guess, NO maintenance......................

[crusty old prospector]

Maybe deployed too soon?

[pfflier]

one of the reasons we are seeing so many flaws in Boeing aircraft is that they conprise more than half of all commercial planes on service.

[Secret Agent Man]

And then when you start letting maintenance schedules slip, hire woke dei “mechanics”, and buy replacement parts from questionable sources,....

[Secret Agent Man]

737s are some of the oldest planes still flying around now. More of this will happen, especially when they let maintenance schedules slip.

[pfflier]

The sixty-two passengers and six aircrew safely landed,

The most often overlooked part of these stories. Give credit to the planes and the aircrews when it is due.

[ZOOKER]

Just looking at the winglets on the end of the wing tells me the plane is fairly new.

Wonder how many hours it has on it?

Poor maintenance? Poor inspection? It might have even come from the factory with loose bolts (where have I heard that before?)

[libertylover]

That’s what the experts call “a problem”.