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An American Airways airplane made an emergency touchdown in New York Metropolis following a chook strike shortly after takeoff.
Flight 1722 – which was carrying 190 prospects and 6 crew members – left LaGuardia Airport and was heading to Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday evening earlier than being diverted to John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport.
The Airbus A321 was following the identical route that US Airways Flight 1549 took in January 2009 when it struck birds after takeoff and was pressured to land within the Hudson River. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger guided that airplane to a secure touchdown in an occasion often called the “Miracle on the Hudson.”
“I was scared. I thought I was going to die. There were a couple of small explosions. And there was a fire,” Amy Stamper, a passenger onboard Thursday’s airplane, instructed the New York Publish.
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An American Airways Airbus A321 departs Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on Sept. 1. An American Airways airplane made an emergency touchdown in New York Metropolis on Thursday after placing a chook following takeoff. (Kevin Carter/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
American Airways instructed FOX Enterprise that there have been no reviews of accidents. In a video posted on X purportedly exhibiting the chook strike, flames may very well be seen popping out of considered one of its engines in the course of the second of affect.
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“American Airlines Flight 1722 with service from New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Charlotte (CLT) diverted to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) due to a reported bird strike,” the airline stated. “The aircraft landed safely at JFK, where it will be inspected by our maintenance team. We are grateful to our crew for their professionalism and apologize to our customers for the inconvenience this may have caused.”
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Former US Airways Captain Chesley Sullenberger of U.S. Airways flight 1549 stands in entrance of the airplane’s fuselage at Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, N.C., on June 11, 2011. (Reuters/Jim R. Bounds / Reuters)
The flight is anticipated to re-depart for Charlotte Friday morning, and prospects got lodge lodging following the incident Thursday.
“There were people who were scared. I was a little scared. . . . It kind of felt like how a car would backfire. Rocking a little,” one other passenger instructed the New York Publish. “At first, I didn’t think much of it. But then I saw other people [reacting] around me and thought, ‘This might be bad’.”
American Airways planes sit parked at LaGuardia airport in New York Metropolis on Wednesday, Nov. 27. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)
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The passenger stated the flight attendants onboard the airplane did a superb job comforting passengers who had been in misery.
