Pilots safely landed plane and returned to gate
An American Airlines flight needed to flip around on Saturday after it reportedly hit a bird that broken the airplane’s windscreen
The flight from Chicago O’Hare to Cleveland operated by Envoy Airlines underneath AA’s regional American Eagle model “skilled a mechanical difficulty with the windscreen and returned to the airport” shortly after takeoff, in line with an American Airlines spokesperson.
The airline didn’t specify what prompted the problem, however, TMZ reported it was believed to be a chook that collided with the airplane. The information outlet printed alarming images of cockpit glass with spider net cracks.
The pilots circled and had been capable of safely land the airplane and return to the gate without incident, in line with the airline spokesperson.
“We modified plane and the flight re-departed shortly after,” they mentioned.
There have been no stories of accidents to any passengers or crew members.
Collisions between plane and birds or different animals – known as wildlife strikes – are extra frequent than many individuals might understand. There have been greater than 17,200 strikes at U.S. airports final yr, in line with the FAA. Nearly all chook strikes happen whereas a plane is a touchdown, and greater than a 3rd occurs throughout take-off.
Essentially the most well-known instance is probably going the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson,” when Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger emergency-landed a US Airways Airbus 320 on the Hudson River after the airplane collided with a flock of geese.
This wasn’t the one chook strike close to Chicago O’Hare this month. On Nov. 1, a FedEx 767 hit a chook on the airport, although no harm was reported, in line with the FAA.
