Bird Strike Forces Emergency Landing

[Bosonic]

Source: wesh

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A jetliner carrying 269 people had to make an emergency landing after being hit by a bird during takeoff.

Officials said the Thompson Airlines plane returned to the Orlando-Sanford International Airport shortly after the bird struck the left engine.

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Continental jet returns to Texas after bird strike

HOUSTON — A Continental Airlines flight to Las Vegas with 158 passengers aboard has returned to Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport after a bird struck the aircraft shortly after takeoff.

The incident happened shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday when Continental flight 697 took off from Houston's northern airport.

Continental spokeswoman Christen David said the aircraft returned as a precaution and was not damaged from the strike to the nose. No one aboard the Boeing 737-800 was injured.

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[murphyj87]

1. I guess ...

I guess they didn't have a Hudson-like river to land in......

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Fortunately this plane only lost one engine.

The NY example lost almost all power from both engines.

[murphyj87]

6. Yeah, that's right....

Having lost only one engine is a vast improvement over the NY one....

[2banon]

3. another terrerrrist plot! did they call in the TSA and Homeland Security??

yep.. all that security and what do we get? hit by a terrerrist bird.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. For a minute there I thought storks had picketed and babies were delivered

far from home. My bad.

[Demeter]

5. Good thing it wasn't an US-Launched Predator Drone

That's scheduled for next month.