American Airlines 737 plane found with apparent bullet hole after flight from Miami to Colombia

An American Airlines plane was found with an apparent bullet hole while in Colombia on Monday, according to sources familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by CBS News.

The hole was located in the right wing of a 737 MAX 8 aircraft after it flew from Miami, Florida, to Medellín on Sunday evening as flight 923. After landing, the ground crew reported a puncture “that extends all the way through the right-hand aileron,” documents reviewed by CBS News said. It’s unclear when or where the damage occurred.

Sources say the damage is consistent with an apparent bullet strike. There is an entry point that left a small round hole in one side of the aileron as well as damage at the likely exit point on the other side. The apparent bullet hole was first reported by airline blogger JonNYC on X.

An aircraft’s ailerons are important flight control surfaces located on the trailing edge of each wing. They generate the aircraft’s roll.

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