A SHOCKING video shows passengers being forced to hold up the roof of a plane’s interior to prevent it from falling on them.
The viral video happened on a Delta flight flying from Atlanta to Chicago.
“My homie was on a Delta flight and the ceiling collapsed,” TikTok user Lucas Michael Payne claimed in the video caption.
In the video, several men can be seen trying to hold up the plane’s roof while 30,000 feet up in the sky.
“The attendant finally duct taped it after [my friend] held it up for a while.”
Looking inside the fallen roof, viewers can see nails sticking up and the interior wiring.
“Delta thanks our customers for their patience and cooperation,” the airline wrote in a statement to The Post.
“We apologize for the delay in their travels.”
The company noted that the “panel was later affixed into place so customers did not have to manually hold it during flight.”
Luckily, there were no injuries or serious delays, according to Delta’s statement.
The flight, which took place on April 14, had to turn back to Atlanta and deplane, according to Payne.
The TikToker said the airline offered 10,000 miles, which is equivalent to $100, to the customers after they turned back to Atlanta.
One commenter on the video claimed that she was on the flight and received a $100 credit instead of the 10,000 miles.
“We didn’t wait for hours to get back on the plane, though,” she noted.
“It was more like 1 hour.”
Delta did not immediately reply to The U.S. Sun’s request for comment.
This blunder is just the latest in a string of airplane malfunctions over the past few months.
In February, a Delta flight ended in a fiery disaster after an emergency landing at Toronto’s airport.
'Freak accident' is something 'from the movies'
Scott Keyes, founder and chief flight expert at the Going travel app, shared insights with The U.S. Sun following the Delta plane crash at Torotno Pearson International Airport on February 17.
Regarding the cause of the Toronto plane crash:“It’s too early to speculate what precisely happened, I’m afraid. It’s certainly safe to call it a “freak accident” and that may be understating just how rare a scene like this is. An inverted passenger plane is something moviegoers saw in Denzel Washington’s 2012 film Flight—not something we see in reality until today.”
Regarding smaller jets having been involved in recent crashes:“While it’s certainly unexpected to have two major incidents in a row take place on small aircraft, it’s not totally shocking. Around one-third of commercial aircraft in the US are smaller planes like the Delta CRJ seen today. We’ll wait and see for the investigators’ report, but given the differing circumstances of Toronto and DCA, I think it’s highly unlikely that this is a built-in aircraft issue similar to what we saw with successive 737 MAX crashes.”
Regarding air travel safety:“You are far, far more likely to get in an accident on your drive to the airport than on your flight from the airport. On a per-mile basis, your mortality risk in a car is over 100 times higher than in a passenger plane. The fact that incidents like these grab so much attention is because of their rarity.”
— Scott Keyes, founder and chief flight expert at the Going travel app
A fractured landing gear caused the right wing to break off, flipping the plane over onto its back.
The crash released 6,000 pounds of jet fuel, sparking a disastrous fire.
Thankfully, all 80 people on board and the crew survived, although 21 were injured, two of them seriously.
Initial reports from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said the plane was descending too quickly in the heavy winds.
“The hearts of the entire global Delta family are with those affected by today’s incident at Toronto-Pearson International Airport,” said Delta CEO Ed Bastian in a statement.
“I want to express my thanks to the many Delta and Endeavor team members and the first responders on site.”
The company later updated the public, stating that all those injured were released from the hospital a few days later.
“We will continue to connect one-on-one with customers, employees, and loved ones as we move forward to make sure their needs are met with care,” Bastin said.
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