Gunfire strikes Southwest plane on tarmac of Dallas airport, officials say

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News


There were no injuries after a Southwest flight carrying passengers was struck by gunfire on the tarmac of Dallas Love Field Friday night, authorities said.

Southwest Airlines Flight 2494 was preparing for departure to Indianapolis when "a bullet apparently struck the right side of the aircraft under the flight deck," a Southwest spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.

The airline said no one was hurt. A spokesperson for Dallas Love Field said in an email that the aircraft returned to its gate after sustaining damage from a "security incident" and the passengers deplaned. The runway was also temporarily closed, but has since reopened.

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In its own statement provided to CBS News, the Federal Aviation Administration said that the Boeing 737-800 "was reportedly struck by gunfire near the cockpit."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gunfire-strikes-southwest-plane-tarmac-dallas-love-field/

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I'm at a loss for words. Our country is fucked in so many ways.

Just a few days ago the FAA issued a 30 ban on US airlines flying to Haiti because of gunfire striking planes, how long before important foreign airlines are banned from flying to the US?

[Skittles]

1. gun humping America

OH and Haiti gets a lot of guns from gun humping America.

[FakeNoose]

19. Did they announce whether Ted Cruz was on the plane?

[Submariner]

2. It's probably just the Dallas MAGAidiots

celebrating there annual holiday early, because they get excited relishing the anniversary of the assassination of President John F Kennedy.

[Montauk6]

12. If THAT'S the case...

"HEY LOSERS!!! HE'S GOTTA GET TO DEALEY PLAZA FIRST, YA DINGBATS...."

[Old Crank]

3. What is Gov. Abbott going to do?

Texas has been in GOP control for 30 years. Everything that happens is the GOP's fault.

[Lonestarblue]

8. He and Republicans will do nothing.

They have shoved every gun safety regulation into the trash. Besides they’re all too busy figuring out their next steps for further controlling women’s lives and denying them healthcare by setting up a police state to monitor them.

[Skittles]

15. gun humping cowards are a dime a dozen in Texas

nothing will ever be done about guns

[C0RI0LANUS]

4. This is not the first shooting at this Dallas airport.

Below is a 2022 video of woman opening fire inside this airport:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/07/27/dallas-love-field-airport-shooting-surveillance-video-new-day-sot-vpx.cnn

In 2021, Texas reported 1,006,555 firearms licenses and 45.7% of adults say they live in homes with guns.

In an average year, 4,122 people die and 7,726 are wounded by guns in Texas.

This equates to 11 people killed and 21 wounded every day in the Lone Star State.

Luckily no one was killed or wounded in this idiotic incident.

Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/gun-ownership-rates-by-state/52/

https://everystat.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gun-Violence-in-Texas-2024-05.pdf

[MrWowWow]

5. The Shot Heard Across the Country

Was this just an anomaly, the continuation of a pattern, or the beginning of a new one?

[DFW]

6. Maybe Haiti should issue a 30 day ban on planes flying to Texas

The danger to their citizens is just too great, doncha know......

[lostnfound]

7. Yet another chance to wreck the economy

Aviation is surprisingly critical to the US economy overall.

[travelingthrulife]

9. But was the gun safe?

I am really starting to hate this country.

[yaesu]

10. I suspect that there will be thousands of acts of violence across the US during the fascist regime

chaos creates chaos and now that the rule of law no longer exists it will be a wild west free for all. Major crime statistics will be going through the roof.

[hadEnuf]

18. We will never see those crime statistics.

The Trump regime will make sure of that.

We need our own media.

[purr-rat beauty]

11. Oh, It's just Responsible gun owners

Don't worry and don't mention any of this shit

Gotta protect the guns!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Open carry state

Yeehaw!!!!! Nothing like a good old shoot 'em up!

[chouchou]

14. I suspect. (actually my husband said this..

"I wonder if someone was trying to actually hit the flight deck" "I say that, because...some people who are not familiar with rifles, may not understand that when you aim a rifle at a target..(horizontally)...the bullet drops the same as if it dropped it out of your hand.
If a person was 3000-5000 feet..that might be the distance that the bullet hit under the flight deck and NOT THE PILOTS> Geez..

[gay texan]

16. Dallas Love

Lovely neighborhood there

[Blue_Tires]

17. Send the repair bill to the NRA

[SpankMe]

20. This will probably be legalized under Trump

Until it is, shooting at aircraft is treated as especially serious by the feds.

[slightlv]

21. I'm leaning toward more foreign airlines, ships, etc

*choosing* not to come to America, and to do as little business as possible with us. Like tourism, which I figure is going to be taking a real hit by the coming summer. The U.S. has proven itself to be a lawless, violent country. Some foreign countries may actually issue travel warnings and alerts on the U.S., much like we do on foreign countries where violence is endemic. trumps election is going to hurt this country in more ways than we ever could have originally imagined.