Bird strike causes emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport
By Philip MessingApril 30, 2015 | 8:07pm
A Detroit-bound jet that took off from LaGuardia Airport was forced to return right back to the airport Thursday afternoon after one or more birds struck the left wing flap...
The pilot of the American Airlines Envoy Air commuter jet declared an emergency at just before 3:22 p.m. and was ordered by the tower to continue on to JFK Airport and land there, officials said.
But the damage was so extensive that the pilot thought better of even that short a trip, and returned the plane to LaGuardia.
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It?s the second plane this month to make an emergency landing due to a bird strike as it left LaGuardia...
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By Philip MessingApril 30, 2015 | 8:07pm
A Detroit-bound jet that took off from LaGuardia Airport was forced to return right back to the airport Thursday afternoon after one or more birds struck the left wing flap...
The pilot of the American Airlines Envoy Air commuter jet declared an emergency at just before 3:22 p.m. and was ordered by the tower to continue on to JFK Airport and land there, officials said.
But the damage was so extensive that the pilot thought better of even that short a trip, and returned the plane to LaGuardia.
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It?s the second plane this month to make an emergency landing due to a bird strike as it left LaGuardia...
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