Monday, June 15, 2015

Incident occurred at Oakland County International Airport (KPTK), Pontiac, Michigan





WATERFORD, Mich. (WXYZ) - A plane carrying members of the Karmanos family was forced land at Oakland County International Airport after lightning struck the plane and caused a fire.

According to Danialle Karmanos, they took the kids to New York to see the Lion King for their end of the school year tradition. She said about 15 minutes outside of Detroit, lightning caused an electrical fire.

Danialle said there were two pilots on board, along with one flight attendant, herself, her husband Peter and their four boys. Luckily, no one was injured.

According to Peter, two circuit breakers blew, and his young sons noticed a fire in the cockpit.

Source:   http://www.wxyz.com
 
Danialle and Peter Karmanos Jr.

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