NEW YORK (AP) Authorities reported Friday that an American Airlines airliner had to turn around and land at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a bird strike damaged one of the aircraft’s two engines shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York.
According to airline officials, Flight 1722, which departed LaGuardia at 7:43 p.m. on its way to Charlotte, North Carolina, was involved in an incident Thursday that left no one hurt.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there were 19,400 bird attacks at 713 airports in the United States last year alone, indicating an increase in these incidents. They rarely inflict enough damage to necessitate emergency landings for commercial jetliners.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs both of the major airports in the New York area, said in a statement that the pilot of the Airbus A321 declared an emergency at 7:52 p.m. and diverted to Kennedy.
According to the Port Authority, the aircraft successfully touched down at 8:03 p.m. and taxied to the terminal on its own.
A reported bird strike caused Flight 1722 to divert to Kennedy, according to a statement from American Airlines.
According to the airline, the plane safely touched down at JFK, where our maintenance crew will examine it. We sincerely regret any trouble this may have caused to our customers and thank our staff for their professionalism.
The flight, which was rescheduled for departure Friday morning, included six crew members and 190 passengers, according to airline officials.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, an investigation is underway.
The so-called Miracle on the Hudson, which, like Thursday’s American Airlines flight, involved a plane from LaGuardia for Charlotte, was brought to mind by this bird strike that disabled a commercial jet. Shortly after taking off, that US Airways aircraft lost power in both engines after colliding with a flock of birds on January 15, 2009. Following his successful landing of the helpless aircraft in the Hudson River and the rescue of all 155 passengers, pilot Chesley Sully Sullenberger was acclaimed as a hero.
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