Delta aircraft loses a part of the wing
 

A Delta 757 loses a part of the wing, wonder how bad it would have been if the engines were rear mounted

http://i.imgur.com/59oQPGZ.jpg Photo including a leak

@tiger: the passenger who took that pic is a boss :D

Wow right along the attachment line on all sides. When they find it they might even be able to reuse it if the attachment holes were mostly empty.

@lomapaseo : I'm no expert but I'm surprised that some of the wires didn't come off

Loss of wing panel @tiger9999187
 

Wow, did the gear extend ok, major hydraulic leak on that right main gear ram!

http://i.imgur.com/59oQPGZ.jpg Photo including a leak

Material
 

They could make the wing piece from Perspex!!Then you could see things working!!!

Fortunate it did not do some stab or elevator damage.

first time I've seen something like that. :D

Plane was Delta 2412 KMCO-KATL.

At a moment like this, keep calm and carry on! where was it going, I wonder, and how high when this photo was taken out a passenger's window....that's somebody I would call a very first class passenger!

Are we being misled?
It looks like an access panel removed for inspection.

Edit:
What color is hydrolic oil?
Why is there a test kit attached to the ram?

The image looks real to me at least this posted version, the jpg tiles match up between the wing & sky....
No jaggies seen, no errors noticed on the static discharge? protrusions (trailing edge, outside wing)
The photo would need to be taken & processed in raw mode & then converted to a jpg to give the same effect, but the noise levels look very similar between the wing & sky i.e. same camera used...

Of course no EXIF data provided...
Could be wrong, but....

AND..the oil spray looks very realistic! :)

Can anyone here tell from the ram whether the wheels are up or down?

Gear is up.

It definitively is an access panel (typically called shroud panel), and maybe it has been previously removed for inspection, but obviously not fastened after... There is not a single remainder of the panel in the fastening areas. To break all fasteners is highly improbable. Someone forgot to install all of them?
I assume a ferry flight without that panel is not allowed?
Some mechanic will probably have a chat with his boss now...

When enlarged, I thought the same, which led me to think of the perspective, the aircraft could be on the ground and jacked. Low cloud behind.
As someone said, it is a lot of screws to be left out/loose.

The upward curve to the wing looks natural and strongly suggestive of in-flight loading, owen meaney.

Yes indeed it does, cheers Cameronian.

Should have looked online first:
http://www.news.com.au/world/delta-p...-1226857236107

I suppose an ETOPS (or whatever it's called these days) wouldn't dare shed a panel like that over the middle of the pond. :eek: