Shocking pictures show Delta Boeing 757’s fuselage BENT out of shape after rough island landing

A Delta Airlines passenger jet made such a hard landing in the Azores early Sunday that the impact BENT the plane’s fuselage.

Photos posted on Twitter show how the skin of the Boeing 757-200 was left wrinkled and buckled after it landed in Ponta Delgada, on the Portuguese island of São Miguel in the North Atlantic.  

Damage is also visible to the aircraft’s undercarriage.

No injuries were reported on the flight, from New York’s JFK airport, and passengers ‘deplaned normally,’ said Delta in a statement. The airline has launched an investigation.

The  23-year-old aircraft (above) suffered ‘substantial damage,’ according to a report of the accident from the Aviation Safety Network, an online aviation safety database. ‘There was ‘significant wrinkling on the lower fuselage near the nose landing gear,’ said the report

Delta Flight DL414 also had ‘significant wrinkling’ on the top fuselage, according to the Aviation Safety Network, an online, aviation safety database

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to DailyMail.com that they have also opened an inquiry into the rough landing. 

Additionally, National Transportation Safety Board officials told DailyMail.com they will participate in a probe lead by Portuguese aviation safety investigators.

Delta Flight DL414 had flown from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, and touched down  at Ponta Delgada-João Paulo II Airport just before 8:30 a.m. local time.

The 23-year-old aircraft was found to have suffered ‘substantial damage’, according to a report of the accident on the Aviation Safety Network, an aviation safety database. 

There was ‘significant wrinkling on the lower fuselage near the nose landing gear, as well as on the top fuselage’, the report added.

No injuries were reported and the plane’s passengers ‘deplaned normally,’ said Delta in a statement. The airline has launched an investigation of the damages which appeared in photos on posted on Twitter (above)

The Boeing 757-200 (abovd) was left bent, wrinkled and buckled after it landed in Ponta Delgado, the capital city of the autonomous region of Portugal

Delta Flight DL414 had originated from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and touched down on runway 12 at Ponta Delgada-João Paulo II Airport just before 8:30 a.m. local time. The flight had been delayed and taken 4 1/2 hours, according to a report of the accident

Aviation journalist John Watson said the aircraft was ‘beercans” [sic] after the rough landing, in a tweet about the accident. He and other industry watchers and experts doubt Delta will bring the aircraft back into service

The Delta aircraft had no previous accidents reported to the FAA, a spokeswoman told DailyMail.com. 

Aviation industry watchers doubt Delta will return the airplane back into service.

‘Yeah, that thing is beercans,’ wrote aviation journalist John Walton in a tweet following the accident. 

‘Going to to be interesting to see how it’s disassembled in the Azores, though.’ 

Delta, Boeing and the National Transportation Safety Board did not immediately respond after DailyMail.com reached out.