Originally Posted by duder

Lots of incidents in the news lately. Add another one to the list from this afternoon.


A Delta flight from Minneapolis was damaged upon landing Wednesday afternoon at Mitchell International Airport.

There were no injuries. Some flights were delayed when Delta Flight 2504 made a hard landing around 4:15 p.m. The airport runway reopened around 5:45 p.m.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports columnist Michael Hunt was on the flight after covering the Marquette men's basketball team in Omaha, Neb. on Tuesday.

"It was a tough landing. The pilot said the brakes locked and it blew two tires," Hunt said in a phone interview shortly before 5 p.m. as he and other passengers waited on board the plane for buses to carry them to the airport.

Airport spokeswoman Patricia Rowe said the plane experienced a mechanical problem as it landed at the airport's north-south runway. The plane turned off the runway and was parked on an adjacent taxiway. Several emergency vehicles were sent to the scene.

Hunt said the plane was about three-quarters filled. Passengers were calm when the plane landed.

Travelers waiting for flights at the airport were told an air traffic emergency had closed a runway at the airport.

Passengers were picked up by shuttle buses around 5:15 p.m. and taken to the terminal, Hunt said. They were told crews hoped to tow the plane nearer to the terminal to unload luggage. Travelers with checked bags were advised they could either wait for luggage to be unloaded or have their suitcases delivered to them later.