{"id":8592,"date":"2026-07-23T21:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/felt-a-big-bang-firework-strikes-delta-flight-landing-in-chicago\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:18:07","slug":"felt-a-big-bang-firework-strikes-delta-flight-landing-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/felt-a-big-bang-firework-strikes-delta-flight-landing-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Felt a \u2018big bang\u2019: Firework strikes Delta flight landing in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-5b3730\" class=\"body-graf\">A Delta flight was struck by a firework while descending into Chicago on July Fourth, according to the airline.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a3d725\" class=\"body-graf\">Delta Flight 1076, traveling from Atlanta to Chicago Midway International Airport, \u201creportedly made contact with a firework\u201d during landing, Delta Air Lines told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fd7904\" class=\"body-graf\">According to air traffic control audio, the flight crew reported hearing and feeling a \u201cbig bang\u201d when the firework struck the Airbus A319.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-962bd6\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe\u2019re just hoping it was just the mortar that went off underneath, but definitely felt the big bang,\u201d a crew member told air traffic control.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c58382\" class=\"body-graf\">Despite the incident, the flight landed safely and taxied to the gate without further problems, the airline said. Delta said the matter remains under evaluation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-22fc59\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Chicago police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delta flight was struck by a firework while descending into Chicago on July Fourth, according to the airline. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Delta Flight 1076, traveling from Atlanta to Chicago Midway International Airport, \u201creportedly made contact with a firework\u201d during landing, Delta Air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[13099,926,13101,2007,7216,13100,665,6058,655],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-07\/250710-Delta-plane-aa-1202-51075a.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}