Bird strike for Flybe Belfast flight
17.03.11
A plane headed to Gatwick from Belfast was forced to return to Belfast City Airport shortly after take-off yesterday, the Belfast Telegraph reports. It is thought a bird hit the plane, causing the emergency.
An airport spokesman told the newspaper: ‘We can confirm that Flybe BE965, which departed for London Gatwick at 11:50, returned to the airport following a suspected bird strike. As a precautionary measure the emergency procedures at the airport were enacted. Fire and ambulance services were put on stand-by, but not needed.'
A Flybe spokesman added: ‘The passengers were re-accommodated on a replacement aircraft which departed at 13.07 whilst the plane was checked by engineers.’
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