Looks like a bad weld. I would be very cautious about additional flights without a complete investigation of the unit. If the weld were good, it would fail above or below the weld itself. This also looks like a complete unit supplied by the manufacturer. You should put them on notice of this failure, even though it might be an isolated incident, they should issue an inspection bulletin.
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