Delta Air Lines plane carrying 52 passengers and six crew members was hit by fireworks as it prepared to land at a Chicago airport on Saturday night, BBC reports.
The flight from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport to Midway International Airport “reportedly made contact with a firework while on descent,” a spokesperson for the airline told the BBC.
“The flight safely landed and taxied to the gate,” they added. There were no injuries, and the incident was reported to aviation authorities.
The aircraft was struck as millions across the United States celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary with fireworks – part of the annual tradition to commemorate independence.
Delta flight 1076 took off from Atlanta at 19:51 EDT (00:51 BST) and landed in Chicago at 20:33 CDT (02:33 BST).
“We just had a firework hit our plane,” a pilot told air traffic control, a recording of the incident shows. The pilot said it
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