WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Delta Airlines flight traveling from Minnesota to Texas was diverted to Wichita Thursday night after being struck by lightning.
According to Wichita Airport Authority spokeswoman Valerie Wise, the aircraft operated by ExpressJet, a Delta regional connection carrier, was struck by lightning on its left wing after encountering storms near Manhattan. The flight had left Minneapolis and was headed toward San Antonio.
Wise said passengers reported smelling smoke in the cabin before the flight safely landed at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita just before 7:30 p.m.
None of the 65 people onboard were injured. Wise said she did not have any reports of damage to the plane.
© Associated Press
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