Jet Returns to LAX After Bird Flies Into Engine
What aviation officials called a “bird strike” disabled a Delta Airlines flight Monday shortly after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.
The pilot of the Salt Lake City-bound airliner shut down the No. 2 engine of the Boeing 757 after a bird, probably a sea gull, got caught in the engine’s fan blades, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Fred O’Donnell.
The incident happened “within three to five minutes” after takeoff, O’Donnell said. “It landed without further incident about 7:45 a.m.” Such occurrences are uncommon in this area, he added.
There were no injuries to passengers, who were placed on another Delta flight for Salt Lake City about 40 minutes later, an airline spokesman said.
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