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Delta Flight 1076 Struck by Firework on Approach to Chicago Midway: A Reminder of Low-Altitude External Threat to Aircraft

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 was struck by a firework while on final approach to Chicago Midway Airport on 4 July, highlighting the underappreciated risk that improvised pyrotechnics and uncontrolled ground-launched projectiles pose to aircraft in terminal phases.