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July 6th, 2008
Posted: 07:38 PM ET
(CNN) — The nose cone of a Northwest Airlines planes caved in during a flight Sunday from Detroit, Michigan, to Tampa, Florida, without compromising the safety of the 182 passengers on board, the company said. The damage to the plane occurred during the flight, but didn’t affect Flight 478’s scheduled 2:30 p.m. landing in Tampa, Florida, said Northwest spokeswoman Kristin Baur. Baur, who called the damage a “minor maintenance issue” and a “very rare occurrence” said the cause of the incident was under investigation. Pictures sold to CNN by a passenger awaiting the plane’s next leg, to Minneapolis-Saint Paul, show the nose cone bashed in. Instead of continuing on, the plane was towed away, said the passenger, who was awaiting another plane five hours later. |
 
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