Delta flight turns around over Atlantic, returns to Boston following lightning strike: FAA

A Delta plane flying over the Atlantic Ocean was forced to quickly turn around and retreat to Boston following a lightning strike Sunday,💧 the airline 🐻and the FAA said.

Del🐼ta Flight 112 was headed to Rome from Logan International Airport on Sunday evening when the flight crew reported a lightn🌺ing strike following departure, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The aircraft turned around after it was already passing over the Atlantic during what was s꧋upposed to be a roughly seven-hour flight to the Italian capital, according t🐎o Flightradar24.

The plane headed🙈 back to Logan Airport “out of an abundance of caution after encountering lighting,” a Delta spokesperson ❀said in an email.

When the Airbus A330 landed around 7:20 p.m., fire trucks cou𒆙ld be seen around the plane on the tarmac,

Boston EMS sa𒉰id no passengers or crew required medical help, the stꦗation reported.

“The ⭕flight landed safely and without further incid👍ent,” the Delta spokesperson said.

“We are working to get our customers to their final destination as quic🐷kly as possible, and we apologize for the delay in their travel. The saf♏ety of our customers and people remains Delta’s most important priority.”

The FAA said it was investig♉ating the i🍸ncident, though it stressed the federal agency’s “regulations require that commercial aircraft be designed to withstand lightning strikes.”