Delta passengers said they were left terrified after landing at Denver International Airport to find the nose cone of their airplane was severely damaged.
The flight on Monday afternoon from Detroit, and both passengers and the airline say they are mystified over what caused a huge dent in the front of the jet.
Passenger Lynn Bennett shared an image she took after departing the aircraft, and told KDVR she was in ‘shock’ when she first saw the damage.
A Delta spokesperson has said the airline ‘did not receive a report of the aircraft being struck’, and said it is investigating the mysterious incident.
The pilot of the aircraft did not perform an emergency landing to arrive in Denver, and it is unclear if the pilots knew their aircraft was damaged prior to landing.
Bennett said the dent was not there when the aircraft departed, and although she felt ‘slight turbulence’ during the flight it was ‘nothing out of the ordinary.’
Upon landing, she added: ‘We looked over and that’s what we saw and nobody’s kind of been able to figure out what it is.’
Delta said in a statement that the jet suffered a ‘mechanical issue on the nose of the aircraft’ but did not offer any more specifics over the cause.
‘The flight landed safely and taxied to the gate without incident,’ a spokesperson added, and said crews were able to repair the aircraft overnight.
On the jet’s next scheduled flight Monday evening to Salt Lake City, the airline recruited an Airbus and apologized to passengers for a slight delay.
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