A Delta flight declared an emergency after officials said it may have been struck by lightning mid-air
A Delta flight declared a mid-air emergency after a suspected lightning strike.
The plane was inspected post-landing, and no injuries were reported due to lightning.
Commercial planes are hit by lightning once or twice a year on average.
A Delta flight landed safely in Atlanta on Tuesday morning after declaring a mid-air emergency following a suspected lightning strike.
Delta flight 1192 was traveling from New York City to Atlanta early Tuesday when it encountered two unrelated emergencies, according to local media reports.
A Delta spokesperson told Fox News that officials believe lightning struck the plane during its journey. Passenger planes are built to sustain such weather events, but an emergency was declared to prepare ground crews at the Atlanta airport for a mandatory inspection of the plane once it touched down, the outlet reported.
A representative for the airline did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
An unrelated medical problem with a passenger prompted a second emergency mid-flight, according to reports.
No injuries were reported because of the lightning, Fox News reported, and the plane was inspected after landing.
Commercial transport passenger planes are hit by lightning one to two times a year on average, according to the National Weather Service.
Large-scale commercial planes are designed with special conducting paths through the plane to conduct the lightning currents in the case of a weather anomaly.
The National Weather Service said lightning hasn't caused a commercial transport airplane crash in "many decades."
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