NATIONAL BRIEFING : MISSOURI : Jet lands safely after hitting flock
Airport officials in Kansas City say a passenger jet struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff and returned to land safely.
The Frontier Airlines flight took off Saturday night bound for Denver when it hit the birds at an altitude of about 4,000 feet.
Kansas City International Airport spokeswoman Kathleen Hefner told KSHB-TV that both engines were hit, but only one lost power.
Bird-aircraft collisions are not unusual, but they are being more scrutinized since US Airways Flight 1549 safely ditched in the Hudson River in January after striking a flock of geese after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
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