Emergency responders and aircraft mechanics survey the damage to a Jet Blue aircraft that made a safe emergency landing at the Westchester County Airport in Purchase, N.Y., Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Matthew Brown)
Fla.-bound jet makes emergency landing in NY
Another jet hits birds after takeoff
Updated: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012, 5:41 AM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012, 5:41 AM CDT
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A JetBlue aircraft bound for West Palm Beach, Fla., made an emergency landing at a suburban New York airport shortly after hitting birds upon takeoff.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters says JetBlue Flight 571 carrying 54 passengers had a bird strike while taking off from Westchester County Airport in White Plains on Tuesday. He says the plane returned to the airport and landed safely just before 7 p.m. No one was injured.
JetBlue spokeswoman Real Hamilton-Romeo says initial reports indicate no damage to the plane.
On Thursday, a Los Angeles bound jet made an emergency landing at JFK Airport after striking a bird.
In 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in New York after striking a flock of geese.
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