Aircraft Lands and Passengers Are Baffled By Massive Dent

Passengers on a flight from Detroit to Denver were left perplexed upon landing when they saw their aircraft had a massive dent in the nose.
The nose was spotted by passenger Lynn Bennett who stopped to snap photos of the cavity in the Delta DL 1648 Airbus aircraft on Monday afternoon.
Bennett was quoted by WGN9 as saying: “It was kind of a shock. We looked over and that’s what we saw and nobody’s kind of been able to figure out what it is.”
She noted that the plane experienced some turbulence, but nothing extraordinary, and that she is still mystified by what actually occurred.
According to WGN9, Delta spokesperson told Nexstar’s KDVR: “Crews received an indication of a mechanical issue in the nose of the aircraft. The flight landed safely and taxied to the gate without incident.”
To Bennett, this is not good enough, as she told KDVR: “Why isn’t Delta commenting about it? Just saying mechanical issues and they’re going to fix it. But why is it a mechanical issue? What happened?”
Delta Airlines has been contacted for comment.
Fortunately, none of the 148 passengers or six crew members on board were injured, and the plane was replaced with an Airbus A319 later that night for its outbound flight.
The aviation world has been hit with many odd and extreme weather situations this year, with Singapore Airlines SQ32 making global headlines in May for dropping 178 feet in less than a second due to extreme turbulence.
A 73 year-old British man on board the plane died from a heart attack before the plane made an emergency landing in Bangkok.
Two weeks after that turbulence incident, a Qatar Airways flight from Dublin to Doha left six passengers and six crew members with minor injuries due to another bout of extreme turbulence.
Storms also disrupted many flights in the US this past summer, with Newsweek reporting that 7,791 flights across 10 major U.S. airlines were reported to have been affected by an “extreme weather delay” in May of 2024.
The Delta flight affected by a mysterious nose dent also landed at Denver Airport, a site known for bizarre conspiracy theories and rumors.
The airport, which has leaned into its conspiracy-laded past with jokes and a section on their website dedicated to theories about the building, has a lot of strange landmarks and artwork in the building, leading people to leap to bizarre conclusions.
For example, the airport’s dedication stone was paid for by Colorado Freemasons and an organization called the “New World Airport Commission,” which sounds similar to the “New World Order,” made stranger by the fact that there is no public information on what the New World Airport Commission actually is.
Additionally, the airport contains mural artwork by artist Leo Tanguma which depict scenes of environmental destruction, genocide and wartime violence. Not exactly normal art for an airport.
Delta has not yet explained further about why their aircraft’s nose collapsed before landing in Denver, but told Denver 7 that they do not believe the aircraft was struck while in flight.
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