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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Hawaii-bound Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing after striking bird

AN Alaska Airlines flight en route to Hawaii was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing today at Sacramento International Airport after striking a bird.

The flight took off from Sacramento at around 10am local time, the Sacramento Bee said. After striking the bird, the plane began to suffer engine trouble. It was not known yet how much damage the strike did to the plane.

The plane landed safely at Sacramento International Airport and the passengers were removed. Information on when they would be able to board the plane again or have their flights rescheduled was not released.

Airport officials were inspecting the plane today.

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