Moments of agony were experienced by the crew and passengers of the Horizon Air flight after an eagle struck the fuselage of the aircraft
A Horizon Air flight was forced to return to an Alaska airport on Christmas Eve after the plane struck an eagle – just days after the South Korean plane tragedy that killed 179 people and also saw reports of bird strikes in the engine.
Officials with Alaska Airlines, which owns Horizon Air, told NBC News that Flight 2041 took off at noon on Dec. 24 and soon after “the crew reported a bird strike.”
The flight to Fairbanks then turned around at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage about half an hour later.
“The captain and co-pilot are trained for these situations and landed the aircraft safely without any problems,” an airline spokesman noted.
“No emergency was declared.”
The passengers then boarded another aircraft at the airport to continue the journey to their destination and the plane was screened.
Source :Skai
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