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FAA investigating whether part of a Delta Air Lines wing fell onto a | |
North Carolina driveway | |
By Alexandra Skores, CNN | |
Updated: | |
7:40 PM EDT, Wed July 2, 2025 | |
Source: CNN | |
A missing part of a wing from a Delta Air Lines 737 that landed Tuesday | |
night at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, may have fallen on a | |
nearby home’s driveway. | |
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether the | |
several-feet-long piece of metal discovered blocking the drive may be a | |
flap from Delta flight 3247. | |
Flaps are attached to the rear of the wings and can be extended at | |
takeoff and landing to expand the wing’s surface and increase lift. | |
The Boeing 737-900 departed from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta | |
International Airport, but when it landed in North Carolina the plane | |
was missing a flap. | |
“After the aircraft landed safely, it was observed that a portion of | |
the left wing’s trailing edge flap was not in place,” the airline | |
said in a statement. “Delta is fully supporting retrieval efforts and | |
will cooperate with investigations as nothing is more important than | |
safety.” | |
Delta said 109 passengers and six crew members were on board. | |
“It’s amazing when you consider it’s such a dense neighborhood | |
and people are out all the time,” Susan Reed, who works near the area | |
where the part landed, told CNN affiliate WRAL. “We really dodged a | |
bullet on this one. Let’s just hope it doesn’t happen again.” | |
CNN’s Cara-Lynn Clarkson contributed to this report. | |
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