Overview

• Delta Flight 3247, carrying 109 passengers and six crew, touched down safely at Raleigh-Durham International Airport despite losing a portion of its left wing flap mid-flight.
• A routine post-flight check on July 2 revealed the left trailing edge flap was missing, prompting regulators to trace the part’s whereabouts.
• On July 3, a metal fragment blocking a residential driveway in Raleigh was confirmed by the FAA to be the detached flap section.
• The FAA is reviewing maintenance logs and flight data to determine how a critical control surface separated during cruise.
• Delta has grounded the aircraft for detailed inspection, recovered the part from the neighborhood and is fully cooperating with the federal probe.