Advertiser & Editorial Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat earns an affiliate commission for anyone approved through the links below. This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. We work to provide the best publicly available offers to our readers. We frequently update them, but this site does not include all available offers. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any of these entities.
Delta Air Lines flight DL1648 flew from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to Denver International Airport (DEN) yesterday. The flight was uneventful and even landed 22 minutes early. The only odd part? The nose cone suffered pretty extensive damage and the flight crew did not notice.
Delta A320 lands in Denver with visible damage to its nose cone, however the cause of the incident is a mystery.
DL1648 with 148 customers and six crew members took off from Detroit around 12:45 p.m. Monday and landed just after 1:30 p.m.
A Delta spokesperson added "we did not… pic.twitter.com/ekXANUe9yJ
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) November 12, 2024
The nose cone or radome is designed to minimize drag by smoothly directing airflow around the aircraft. Thankfully, the six crew members and 148 passengers arrived without incident. Some commenters on X are speculating that this was caused by a birdstrike. What actually caused the damage remains unclear and Delta released the following statement: “We did not receive a report of the aircraft being struck.” This was to be repaired overnight and the Airbus A320 should already be back in service.
Radome found damaged on Delta A320 CEO aircraft that operated flight DL 1648, after arrival at Denver.
Visuals by : Lynn Park@Lynn_Luck5 pic.twitter.com/qReUoauz5r
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) November 12, 2024
Anthony’s Take: This reminds me of a flight I took to Brussels Airport (BRU) one time. We landed without incident, but when we were getting off the plane noticed that there was a hole in the fuselage. The flight that was scheduled to depart using that aircraft ended up being cancelled.
(Featured Image Credit: @Lynn_Luck5 via X.)
User Generated Content Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat encourages constructive discussions, comments, and questions. Responses are not provided by or commissioned by any bank advertisers. These responses have not been reviewed, approved, or endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the responsibility of the bank advertiser to respond to comments.
Advertiser & Editorial Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat earns an affiliate commission for anyone approved through the links above This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. We work to provide the best publicly available offers to our readers. We frequently update them, but this site does not include all available offers. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any of these entities.
