Passengers on Southwest Airlines were unaware plane was struck with gunfire

Passengers connected the Southwest Airlines formation struck by gunfire Friday night successful Dallas were ne'er told by the hose that their level had been deed by a bullet, and alternatively were enactment connected different flight.

The Texas-based question institution seemed to follow an ignorance-is-bliss argumentation aft gunfire deed the close broadside of the level adjacent the cockpit and the introduction doorway arsenic the level was getting acceptable to instrumentality disconnected astir 9:50 p.m.

The pilots made the determination to instrumentality to the gross and each passengers were told to exit the craft earlier being enactment connected different level that aforesaid night. 

A Dallas household who was connected the Indianapolis-bound craft accidental they would person not boarded different level if they had known what truly happened. 

'That's the concerning part, I think, that they went up and chose for america to enactment america connected different level without our cognition of the existent events,' rider Shannon Lee told the local Fox station.

Lee, traveling with her hubby and 2 son, did not larn wherefore they had been forced to instrumentality to Dallas Love Field until different rider told her erstwhile they yet landed successful Indiana.

'The aviator came connected conscionable earlier takeoff and said that helium had heard a rattling extracurricular of the level and that they were electing to crook backmost to the gross truthful that the mechanical squad could cheque retired the level earlier we took off,' Lee's husband, James, added. 

Authorities are inactive moving to find if the level had been targeted oregon deed by stray bullets.

'The probe is ongoing, and we bash not person an update to report,' the Dallas Police Department told DailyMail.com.

Southwest explained the 2nd formation to Indianapolis did not instrumentality disconnected until constabulary had deemed the airdrome safe.

'The replacement formation continued to Indianapolis lone aft the Dallas Police had ascertained that determination was nary ongoing menace to nationalist information and the airdrome authorization had reopened the runway for mean operations,' a Southwest spokesperson said successful a connection to Fox 4.

'Southwest Airlines has been successful interaction with the Customers who were aboard Flight 2494 connected Friday night.

In summation to offering them vouchers for aboriginal travel, we apologized for the inconvenience and stressed that the Safety of our Customers and Crew were our apical priority.'

No injuries person been reported and the craft has been taken retired of service, the hose confirmed.