\n A Delta Air Lines flight was apparently struck by fireworks as it descended into Chicago Midway International Airport on Saturday evening, according to air traffic control audio and the airline.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe just had a firework hit our plane,\u201d the pilot of Delta Flight 1076 told controllers, according to the audio.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re just hoping it was just a mortar that went off underneath, but definitely felt a big bang.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The controller replied that there had been \u201cmultiple reports\u201d of similar incidents and instructed the crew to head to the gate and inspect the aircraft for damage.\n <\/p>\n
\n As a subsequent Southwest Airlines flight descended into Midway, a controller warned: \u201cWelcome to the war zone.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThat\u2019s reassuring,\u201d Southwest 223 responded to the warning.\n <\/p>\n
\n In the initial report, the Delta pilot added that the plane was flying at 200 feet in its descent. Smaller consumer fireworks can range from 50 to 200 feet in the air, with some professional shows having explosion altitudes as high as 1,200 feet.\n <\/p>\n
\n The Federal Aviation Administration is currently investigating the incident.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cDelta Air Lines Flight 1076 landed safely at Chicago Midway International Airport around 8:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, July 4,\u201d the FAA said in a statement.\u201cPlease contact local authorities and the airline for additional information.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n No injuries were reported in the incident, Delta Air Lines said in a statement.\n <\/p>\n
\n City officials were made aware of the potential dangers the fireworks were posing for the departing and arriving flights.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey said they would notify the Chicago police, but you know, I don\u2019t know what they\u2019ll do, right?\u201d controllers said in the audio.\n <\/p>\n
\n CNN has reached out to Chicago police for details.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Delta Air Lines flight was apparently struck by fireworks as it descended into Chicago Midway International Airport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-782303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}