Part of Delta Air Lines 737’s wing breaks off during flight

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a flap on a Boeing 737’s wing partially broke off before touchdown in Texas on Tuesday.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1893 was flying from Orlando International to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when passengers seen one thing had partially damaged away from the back of the wing.

“We felt it was bad turbulence. The plane was shaking,” passenger Shanila Arif told GWN. “The lady in front of us opened the window and told us it is broken. I opened the window and got scared.”

Video recorded by Arif confirmed the flap dangling behind the wing, as the aircraft flew at lots of of miles an hour 1000’s of ft in the air.

She frightened if the piece fully broke off it may hit the tail of the plane and trigger a crash.

After touchdown “it was observed that a portion of the left wing’s flap was not in place,” Delta Air Lines said in a assertion. “The aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance.”

Flaps are surfaces on the back of the wing designed to be prolonged for takeoff and touchdown.

“We apologize to our customers for their experience as nothing is more important than the safety of our people and customers,” the airline said.

There have been 62 passengers and six crew members onboard the aircraft. No one was injured.

Delta pledged to totally cooperate with the FAA investigation.

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