An American Airlines plane was diverted to Pittsburgh after a reported lightening strike.
Flight 4642 took off from Columbus, Ohio, for Boston, Massachusetts, at 6.55am EST on Tuesday morning.
But the plane instead landed in Pittsburgh at 7.58am after the crew reported the aircraft had been hit by lightning.
All 74 passengers and crew on board landed safely at the Pittsburgh International Airport, as reported by KDKA journalist Paul Rasmussen.
Moreover, fire crews did not detect visible damage on the aircraft, a Embraer 175 regional jet designed for short flights.
It’s not clear if passengers moved planes before taking off again shortly after landing in Pittsburgh.
The plane is scheduled to land in Boston at 12pm EST.
An American Airlines plane was diverted to Pittsburgh after a reported lightening strike. Its trajectory path is shown above
All 74 passengers and crew on board landed safely at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Stock photo above
DailyMail.com has reached out to AA for more information.
‘They’re reporting they were struck by lightening,’ said an air control audio shared by the local radio station.