00:00And now, more danger in the skies that's raising fresh concerns about aviation safety in America.
00:06A Delta Airlines Boeing 737 jet experienced a mid-air scare earlier this week
00:12after a part of the airplane's wing broke off before landing in Texas.
00:17Delta Airlines Flight 1893 was flying from Orlando International to Austin International Airport on Tuesday
00:24when passengers noticed something had partially broken away from the back of the wing.
00:30A video recorded by passengers showed the flap dangling behind the wing
00:33as the plane flew at hundreds of miles an hour, thousands of feet in the air.
00:39Take a look.
00:52You know the back thing?
00:55They didn't broken who they had good.
01:00Now, in a statement to the media, Delta Airlines said that after landing,
01:04it was observed that a portion of the left wing's flap was not in place.
01:08The airline added that the aircraft was taken out of service for maintenance
01:12and apologized for the inconvenience caused.
01:15There were about 62 passengers and six crew members on board the flight,
01:19and reports confirmed that no one was injured.
01:22Flaps are surfaces on the back of the wing that extend during takeoff and landing.
01:26By moving downward, they changed the shape of the wing, generating more lift at lower speeds
01:32and allowing for slower, more controlled landings.
01:36These components are crucial for shorter takeoffs and landings.
01:40And the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed it's investigating the incident.
01:45In this case, adds to a growing list of aviation mishaps involving Delta Airlines this year.
01:51In July, an Atlanta-bound Delta flight made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport
01:56after its engine caught fire shortly after takeoff.
02:00In April, passengers were evacuated from another Delta plane
02:03after an engine fire broke out prior to departure from Orlando International Airport.
02:09And back in February, a Delta Airlines flight from Minneapolis crash flipped over
02:14and caught fire on the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport while attempting to land.
02:21While it's also noteworthy is that some of these incidents involve jets manufactured by Boeing,
02:26a company already under heavy scrutiny since the crash of an Air India flight in June
02:32that claimed over 240 lives on board.
02:35The planemaker 737 model involved in this latest incident
02:39has been closely watched by aviation regulators around the world.
02:42The MAX version, in particular, has been troubled since two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.
02:50Worries surged again last year after a door plug blew off a MAX operated by Alaska Airlines
02:56exposing systemic safety and production issues at Boeing.
03:01As a result, the U.S. government capped production of the 737 MAX
03:04at an estimated 38 planes per month.
03:08Now, against this backdrop, the Delta Airlines incident may have ended without injuries,
03:12but it has once again put a spotlight on the aviation industry's struggle
03:17to regain public confidence and meet safety expectations in the skies.
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