American Airlines plane makes emergency landing after collision with a bird
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An American Airlines flight from LaGuardia to North Carolina was diverted to JFK Airport due to a collision with a bird. The incident resulted in an engine failure, but the plane landed safely.
The bird strike forced American Airlines to reroute the flight: the plane later landed safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and American Airlines apologized.
Reported by UNN with reference to The Charlotte Observer.
According to American Airlines, a flight from LaGuardia Airport to North Carolina was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday evening due to a reported collision with a bird.
It was an engine failure as a result of an incident. The footage shows the incident.
According to FlightAware, American Airlines Flight 1722 took off around 19:20 and landed around 20:00 at JFK Airport.
American Airlines apologizes after a bird strike canceled a flight from Charlotte to New York.
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