A Spirit Airlines plane appears to have flown through Hurricane Erin this week when the hurricane was a Category 4 storm with winds well over 100 mph, according to a flight path shared on social media. Spirit Airlines told Newsweek in a statement that the flight operated normally and no injuries were reported.

It may seem shocking, but airplanes can safely navigate hurricanes with proper forecasting. Here's how one Spirit Airlines jet did just that.

Spirit Airlines flight traveling from Philadelphia to San Juan, Puerto Rico, sparked criticisms after tracking data that revealed, it flew directly through Hurricane Erin, the major storm of the season.