{"id":28597,"date":"2024-11-16T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28597"},"modified":"2024-11-16T10:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:05:29","slug":"gunfire-at-dallas-airport-as-passenger-plane-hit-by-bullet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/11\/16\/gunfire-at-dallas-airport-as-passenger-plane-hit-by-bullet\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunfire at Dallas airport as passenger plane hit by bullet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A passenger plane has been hit by a bullet near the cockpit as it was preparing to take off at an airport in Dallas.<\/p>\n

The bullet struck the right side of the Southwest Airlines jet just under the flight deck around 8.30pm local time on Friday (2.30am on Saturday UK time).<\/p>\n

Flight 2494 was cancelled with the aircraft removed from service.<\/p>\n

Passengers safely left the commercial plane as it was returned to the gate at Dallas Love Field Airport in Texas with another flight planned for them.<\/p>\n

No injuries were reported in the incident involving a Boeing 737-800 aircraft which suffered some damage as it was taxiing.<\/p>\n

The jet was preparing to fly to Indianapolis International Airport when the gunfire happened.<\/p>\n

In a social media post,\u00a0Dallas<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Love Field Airport said the city’s police department responded and runway 13R\/31L was closed, but reopened later on Friday night with “minimal impact” on the facility’s operations.<\/p>\n

According to a Southwest Airlines spokesperson, the “bullet apparently struck the right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck”.<\/p>\n

The plane scare happened just days after\u00a0two commercial aircraft were hit by gunfire<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0over the capital of Haiti.<\/p>\n

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A Spirit Airlines flight was just metres from landing in Port-au-Prince having come from Fort Lauderdale in\u00a0Florida<\/strong><\/a>, when gangs shot at the plane, injuring a flight attendant.<\/p>\n

Footage on social media, which is believed to have been filmed by an airline employee, appeared to show the hole where a bullet had entered the aircraft near the back door and struck overhead lockers.<\/p>\n

The plane was diverted and landed in the Dominican Republic and all flights in and out of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport were halted, the US embassy in\u00a0Haiti<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Shortly after, a JetBlue flight was struck by a bullet as it took off from the capital towards New York.<\/p>\n

The airline said its Flight 935 arrived later than scheduled without reporting any issues, but a post-flight inspection identified that the exterior of the aircraft had been hit.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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