{"id":126744,"date":"2024-11-17T03:38:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126744"},"modified":"2024-11-17T03:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T20:38:55","slug":"southwest-plane-struck-by-gunfire-at-texas-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126744","title":{"rendered":"Southwest plane struck by gunfire at Texas airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A Southwest Airlines flight with passengers onboard was struck by gunfire as it was preparing to take off at Dallas Love Field Airport in Texas, authorities said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Flight 2494 was preparing for departure to Indianapolis when &#8220;a bullet apparently struck the right side of the aircraft under the flight deck&#8221;, a Southwest spokesperson told the BBC&#8217;s US partner, CBS News.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">No injuries were reported, and the aircraft returned to its gate and passengers deplaned, according to an airport spokesperson.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The domestic airport&#8217;s runway was temporarily closed but it has since reopened.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Dallas police is currently leading the investigation into the Friday night incident.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Its officers responded to reports of gunfire at 21:48 local time (03:48 GMT on Saturday) and arrived to find that the plane had been struck.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the bullet hit near the cockpit of the Boeing 737-800 Max aircraft.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">No details have formally been released on the circumstances surrounding the incident, but local TV station WFAA  reported that police believed the shooting was a result of random gunfire.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The outlet confirms 99 people were aboard the flight.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Southwest has said it will accommodate all passengers on other flights.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier this week, three planes that were either landing or taking off from the main airport in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, were struck by gunfire as gang violence ravages the Caribbean nation.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Those incidents prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a 30-day ban on US airlines flying to Haiti.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvge1qw1283o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Southwest Airlines flight with passengers onboard was struck by gunfire as it was preparing to take off at Dallas Love Field Airport in Texas, authorities said. 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