
Bird strike forces Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to turn around
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A Delta flight was forced to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday night "after coming in contact with birds during takeoff," Delta Air Lines said.
(CNN) — A Delta flight was forced to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday night "after coming in contact with birds during takeoff," Delta Air Lines said. Delta Flight 2281, which was headed to Washington, DC, returned to the Atlanta airport at 10:36 p.m., 47 minutes after it took off, according to information from flight data tracking platform FlightAware. The flight turned around after its crew reported a bird strike had cracked a windshield on the Airbus A320 aircraft.
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