American Flight Diverted Tuesday Night When A Winglet Fell Off The Plane At 36,000 Feet

American Airlines flight 3729 from Charleston to Dallas – Fort Worth, an Embraer E-17t operated by wholly-owned regional carrier Envoy Air, diverted to Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday evening after reportedly losing “all or part” of a winglet in turbulence.

I was on the flight! Surprisingly smooth flight and landing after the fact. pic.twitter.com/6I01TDTifz

— Brandon Owen (@Brandon0wen) May 4, 2022

Emergency vehicles met the occurrence aircraft when it landed. The reports confirm that passengers remained calm.

A pilot report is a report of the flight or ground conditions that their aircraft experiences. There is an urgent one at 36,000 feet.

Even if you can’t read the entire thing read the RM (remarks). This is a pirep. UUA are urgent pirep but this is one that would jump out to me. pic.twitter.com/mpbJRSy8LS

— V1_CUT (@V1_CUT) May 4, 2022

Planes can fly without winglets. The end of a wing has vertical pieces that reduce drag in order to save fuel. There is a take outside my area. It seems to me that the risks of other damage are overstated.

Winglets can be removed on the EJets. There is a CDL for it. Just take a performance hit. But that is one of the EWT 175s with the position lights in the winglet so it can’t fly after civil twilight with that missing

— AZTacoCat (@AZTacoCat1) May 4, 2022

It wasn't certain when the incident first occurred, though this aircraft turned out not to be in any real danger. There are no reports of where the winglet landed. Someone might have a souvenir.

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