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    Bird-Struck China Eastern Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Xiamen

    China Eastern AirlineA Shanghai-bound China Eastern Airlines flight made an uneventful emergency landing at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, after a bird collided with the pilot-side window.

    Flight MU5666 took off from Xiamen at about 1:29pm on April 16. Shortly after the take off, the captain requested emergency landing due to a bird strike. The plane then returned and landed safely. None of the passengers or crew members were injured.

    The ground attendants found the windshield to be severely damaged and splattered with blood and feathers. China Eastern Airlines has confirmed the incident, and commended their crew for calmly handling the situation.

    According to airport authorities, passengers were taken to their destination on another plane.

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    American Airlines Flight 757 Made Emergency Landing at Tulsa

    Birds ingested in one of the engines of the American Airlines flight 757, forced it to make emergency landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    The incident happened while the plane was taking off from Tulsa.  The pilot immediately returned the plane back for check-up.

    These kind of incidents are quiet common in Tulsa, The airplanes usually get hit by birds and sometimes by skunks and other mammals. Alexis Higgins of FAA says that they are seeking help from biologists to remove these birds from the airport.

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    American Airline Flight 1491 Strikes a Bird

    A Tulsa-Dallas American Airlines flight stroke a bird, after which it had to return and make emergency landing at Tulsa International Airport.

    The flight 1491 took off at around 10:30 am on Friday March 14, 2014, carrying 182 passengers and 7 crew members. Shortly after departing, it hit a bird and had to land back at the Tulsa International Airport.

    All passengers and crew members were safely de-planed.

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    EasyJet Emergency Landing in Pisa

    On Sept 14, 2013, an Easyjet Airbus en route from Pisa to London was taking off from Pisa when it suffered a bird strike.

    The pilots entered a holding pattern and made a safe landing in Pisa around 11:30.

    THe extent of the damage to the plane #G-EZIZ is not known.

    No injuries were reported.

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    Thomson Airways Boeing Grounded after Bird Strike

    A Thomson Airways Boeing 787-8 sustained a bird strike on a Manchester—Cardiff—Shannon flight on the Cardiff-Shannon leg.

    On taking off from Cardiff, the bird strike occurred. The pilot reported that all systems appeared operational. Pilots continued to Shannon and made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

    On the ground, the flight did not need to be towed but continued under its own power.

    Maintenance did confirm evidence of damage in the jet’s right side engine. The training flight was cancelled and crews worked on the damaged engine.

    This is listed as a training flight of a recently delivered jet.

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    Bird strike Leads to Emergency Landing at Lagos Airport

    On March 28, 2013, a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800 en route from Lagos to Casablanca spent ten minutes in the air after a bird strike on takeoff.

    126 were aboard when ten minutes into the flight, there was a bird strike that disabled an engine. The plane circled for about forty minutes to burn off fuel before attempting a return.

    Pilots returned to make a safe landing at Murtala Muhammed Airport

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    TAM Airbus Birdstrike over São Luis


    photographer Charin de Silva

    On Feb 21, 2013, a TAM Linhas Aéreas Airbus A319 en route from São Luis-Marechal Cunha Machado Airport to Brasilia suffered a bird strike.

    Pilots returned to São Luis Airport where they made a safe landing.

    The plane was taken out of service for repairs and maintenance.

    Passengers reported they were terrified when they heard a huge bang from one of the engines.

    The incident is under investigation by Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (Cenipa).

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    Bird strike in Patna

    What: Jetlite Boeing 737-700 en route from Mumbai to Ranchi to Patna
    Where: Patna Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport
    When: Jun 1st 2011
    Who: 100 aboard
    Why: On landing at Patna, the plane had a bird strike on one of the engines.

    The plane made a safe landing at Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport anyway, although the next leg of the return (to Mumbai) had to be delayed due to damage to the plane.

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    Bird Strike Cancels Flight 757

    What: Jet Blue Airbus A320-200 New York to Aruba
    Where: JFK Airport, New York
    When: May 14, 2011
    Who: 104 passengers, 5 crew
    Why: The Jet Blue flight had a bird strike after takeoff, and returned to the airport to make a safe landing.

    The bird apparently was ingested in or on the right engine.

    Maintenance inspected the plane. The flight was delayed by three hours.

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