A Delta Air Lines jet was struck by a firework while landing at Chicago's Midway International Airport (MDW) on July 4. The incident occurred at around 8:40 PM as the Airbus A319 was at roughly 200 feet, with pilots telling air traffic control (ATC) they "felt a big bang."
Fortunately, the aircraft — operating Flight DL1076 from Delta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) megahub — landed safely at Chicago Midway just moments later without declaring an emergency, with no reported injuries among the passengers or crew.
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0xebfe@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 47d
Article title is assuming it was actually struck. According to same article, radio from the aircraft to ATC said "We just heard a bang on the plane, so we'll have to look at it when we get to the gate. We're just hoping it was just a mortar that went off underneath, but definitely felt a big bang."
0xebfe@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 47d
Link to the liveatc.net recording: https://forums.liveatc.net/index.php?action=dlattach%3Btopic%3D18860.0%3Battach%3D14100