Delta flights land safely after Boeing Wing flaps fall into a driveway in North Carolina

a Delta Air Lines The flight landed safely after some of the flaps on the wing fell and landed in the driveway of a North Carolina home.

The incident happened early Wednesday morning, the airline confirmed with Fox News Digital. The Boeing 737-900ER was traveling from Atlanta to Raleigh Durham, with six crew members and 109 passengers on board.

“After the aircraft landed safely, it was observed that some of the trailing edge flaps on the left wing were not in place. Delta fully supports the search effort and nothing is more important than safety, so we will cooperate with the investigation,” a Delta spokesman said.

The part was separated from the Boeing aircraft operating as Flight 3247 before landing at 1:15am local time on July 2nd.

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We have close-up of the wing flap of our Boeing 737-900 after landing in a driveway in North Carolina on July 2, 2025. (Ural)

Delta said the flight had both departures and environmental delays due to thunderstorm activity. Atlanta was 10 minutes late at 11:06pm on Tuesday.

Federal Aviation Administration We confirmed with Fox News Digital that we are investigating what happened.

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Workers remove the wing flaps that fell from the Boeing 737-900. The wing flap landed in a driveway in North Carolina on July 2, 2025. (Ural)

Raleigh police told local television station WRAL that no injuries or property damage was reported as a result of the incident.

The woman tells reporters about a wing flap that fell from a Boeing 737-900 on a driveway in North Carolina on July 2, 2025. (Ural)

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“It’s amazing to think that it’s such a dense neighborhood and that people are always out,” says Susan Reid, who works near where parts crashed. He said to the Urals. “We really dodged a bullet at this and hope it never happens again.”

Bonny Chu from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.