Delta passengers forced to 'hold the plane together' after roof caves in

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Travellers on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Chicago got more than they bargained for when the interior of the plane started to collapse.

“My homie was on a Delta flight and the ceiling collapsed,” content creator Lucas Michael Payne captioned a video on TikTok which has been viewed more than 200,000 times.

The clip, which he also shared on Instagram, shows someone panning around the aircraft capturing multiple hands of different passengers holding up ceiling panels that appear to be peeling away from the top of the cabin.

“The attendants finally duct taped it after he held it up for a while,” Payne explained in the caption.

“Delta offered 10,000 miles (about $100 dollars) after they had to go back to Atlanta, wait for hours and deplane and get on another plane to Chicago,” he continued.

“These planes!!!”

One woman commented that she was on the flight and fumed that “Delta only gave me a $100 credit.”

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A spokesperson for Delta Air Lines told the New York Post that the Boeing 717’s “panel was later affixed into place so customers did not have to manually hold it during flight,” adding that there were “no injuries” and the “flight continued with about a two-hour delay on another aircraft.”

The statement continued: “Delta thanks our customers for their patience and cooperation. We apologize for the delay in their travels.”

That wasn’t good enough for one commenter, who insisted: “For the prices Delta charges, their planes should not be falling apart mid-flight.”