Nervous passengers and crew inspected the tear and the captain eventually decided to turn around an hour into the flight, fearing a possible blown air duct.
Here are some video clips of other dramatic and sometimes dangerous situations involving aircraft:
Near-miss at Barcelona Airport (above)
This is the terrifying moment two passenger jets came seconds from crashing into each other at Barcelona airport.
Ryanair plane clips wing
A passenger on board one of the aircraft at Dublin Airport films planes clip each other's wings on the runway.
Wings collide on Boston runway
A Delta jet is seen clipping the tail of a much smaller plane as it taxis down the runway.
Smoke in plane cabin
Smoke fills the cabin of a JetBlue airliner forced to make an emergency landing soon after takeoff after experiencing engine problems
Too close for comfort at Newark Airport
A United Airlines plane comes into land as another takes off just below, on a runway perpendicular to it.
Collision avoided in New York
A near collision over New York skies at JFK Airport, last June, between a Delta 747 and a Shuttle America plane, that at one point were only 200ft apart.
And finally...
Snake on a plane
Less hairy for passengers than it was for the poor snake involved, this video shows what happens when a Samuel L Jackson film plot comes to life.
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