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Plane engine part comes loose in mid-air, flight forced to make emergency landing
Footage posted to social media by a US plane passenger shows an engine nose cone, also known as a spinner, being tossed around in one of the aircraft's jet turbines before the flight makes an emergency landing halfway through its journey.

The Delta Air Lines flight was travelling from Atlanta to Baltimore on Monday (local time) when it was forced to land in Raleigh, North Carolina, roughly halfway through the one-and-a-half hour trip.
In a statement, a Delta spokesperson said the crew decided to divert the plane "after receiving an indication of an issue with one of the aircraft's engines".