A Delta Air Lines flight from New York City to Atlanta experienced two unrelated mid-flight emergencies before safely landing in Atlanta on Tuesday.

Delta flight 1192 departed LaGuardia Airport at 6:56 a.m. ET and declared an emergency out of an abundance of caution due to a suspected lightning strike hitting the plane.

A passenger experienced an unrelated medical issue that prompted the flight’s second emergency.

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FOX Business reports:

The airline spokesman said aircraft are built to handle severe weather conditions, and the emergency was declared to give ground crews at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport a heads-up so the plane could be inspected upon arrival.

A non-related passenger medical issue resulted in a second emergency being declared during the flight.

The Airbus A321 landed safely in Atlanta at 9:26 a.m., and taxied normally for a gate arrival at 9:47 a.m., according to flight tracking website FlightAware. All passengers and crew safely exited the plane. The plane was being sent for inspection for any damage, the Delta spokesman said.

The aircraft allegedly had a lightning strike mark above the windshield.

Per Independent:

Modern aircraft are built to withstand weather events such as storms and lightning strikes, and the US National Weather Service states that “commercial transport passenger planes are hit by lightning an average of one or two times a year”.

“They are designed and built to have conducting paths through the plane to take the lightning strike and conduct the currents.”

In addition, lightning has not caused a “commercial transport airplane crash in many decades”.

“When it is suspected that a plane was hit by lightning, there is a mandatory inspection for damage.”

Though modern aircraft can withstand such weather, lightning strikes regularly cause similar emergency landings and mid-air emergency declarations.

In June 2023, an Air New Zealand plane was forced to return back to its origin airport after being struck by lightning, while in August 2022, a Qantas flight headed to Port Hedland in Australia diverted off course to make an emergency landing at Karratha Airport, 250km away, after being struck.

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