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Two Minneapolis Bird Strikes Turn Flights back to Airport


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Contact photographer Ricardo Morales – flyAPM

What: Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Minneapolis to Tampa
Where: Minneapolis
When: Nov 19th 2010
Who: 48 people on board
Why: After takeoff from Minneapolis, the plane flew through birds. The frame of the plane incurred some damage. They returned to Minneapolis and made a safe landing on one engine. A replacement flight was provided for the passengers. (However, a KARE report said that there was no damage and the same plane left the airport with its passengers at 8:40 pm.)


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Contact photographer Dan Vincent – New England Airports

What: Delta/Compass Airlines Embraer ERJ-175 N604CZ performing flight CP-5887/DL-5887 from Minneapolis,MN to Missoula,MT
Where: Minneapolis
When: Nov 15th 2010
Why: After takeoff from Twin Cities International, the plane incurred a bird strike, damaging the nose cone of the plane and one of the engines either quit or was shut down.

The airport is next to a wild life preserve. The Metropolitan Airport Commission traps Bald Eagles too close to the runway and relocates them; other birds are frightened off by fireworks.

Goose feathers from this bird strike were sent to the Smithsonian.

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