Reuters: U.S.: Bird strike forces JetBlue flight back to New York airport

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Bird strike forces JetBlue flight back to New York airport Apr 25th 2012, 14:14 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Pakistani plane crashes with 127 on board Fri, Apr 20 2012 AMR unions want to take a chance on US Air merger Fri, Apr 20 2012 Birds force Delta emergency landing at Kennedy Airport Fri, Apr 20 2012 Flights halted at Gatwick after emergency landing Mon, Apr 16 2012 UPDATE 4-Air Canada cancels flights after "illegal job action" Fri, Apr 13 2012 Analysis & Opinion Selling stake in alcohol business – Mallya's last roll of dice? A JetBlue Airways plane awaits take off while at LaGuardia Airport in New York April 5, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK | Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:14am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bird strike forced a JetBlue flight bound for Florida to make an emergency return to Westchester Airport, the airline said on Wednesday, the second such incident at a New York area airport in less than two weeks. Flight 571, scheduled for a 6:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday departure from the West Harrison, New York airport for West Palm Beach, encountered the birds shortly after takeoff, according to a JetBlue statement. "Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of the passengers and crew onboard, the captain elected to return to the gate," the JetBlue statement said. None of the 54 customers or 4 crew members aboard the Embraer 190 aircraft was injured, the airline said. The flight landed safely and the passengers were reboarded onto another aircraft that departed for West Palm Beach at 8:25 p.m., arriving in West Palm Beach at about midnight, the airline said. JetBlue did not confirm how many or what kind of birds were involved. Westchester Airport spokesmen were not immediately available for comment. Last week, a bird strike shortly after takeoff forced a Delta Air Lines flight to make an emergency return to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. According to the FAA's website, wildlife strikes are not uncommon, with an average of 26 strikes a day in recent years. (Reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Vicki Allen) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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