Delta flight makes emergency landing after hitting bird during takeoff
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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An Airbus A321 from the Delta fleet. (Delta Air Lines file photo)
ATLANTA - A Delta flight was forced to make an emergency landing after taking off from the Atlanta airport after hitting a bird.
Delta officials confirmed with FOX 5 that flight 2281 came in contact with a bird during takeoff.
The plane ended with a cracked windshield.
The flight was intended to leave Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday night to go to Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Delta moved the customers to a new plane and said maintenance personnel are evaluating the aircraft.
WHAT S THE OUTLOOK FOR PUMP PRICES? Prices at gasoline stations are expected to rise if the outage continues. Retail prices across much of the United States follow the lead of benchmark New York gasoline futures. Trading in those futures opened for the week on Sunday up more than 3%, hitting the highest level in three years. Retail prices began to creep up at the weekend. The national average price increased a cent on the gallon since Friday to $2.962 a gallon, according to Jeanette Casselano, a spokeswoman for the American Automobile Association.
WHERE IS MOST LIKELY TO SEE PRICE RISES? The southeast of the United States is the area most dependent on the pipeline and most likely to see supply disruption and price rises.
Delta flight 2281 from Atlanta to Washington D.C. returned to the gate after being struck by birds. Author: Aprylete Russell Updated: 4:48 PM EDT May 10, 2021
ATLANTA, Georgia A Maryland bound flight had to return to the gate in Atlanta after it was struck by a flock of birds during takeoff on Sunday.
Delta flight 2281 from Atlanta to Washington D.C. returned to the gate after being struck by the birds at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta said in a statement.
A Delta spokesperson told 11Alive because of potential damage, the passengers and crew had to transfer to another plane to continue the flight.
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - The largest U.S. fuel pipeline system, Colonial Pipeline, shut down on Friday after a cyberattack. Nearly half the fuel consumed in the populous eastern United States passes through the network. WHAT S THE OUTLOOK FOR PUMP PRICES? Prices at gasoline stations are expected to rise if the outage continues. Retail prices across much of the United States follow the lead of benchmark New York gasoline futures. Trading in those futures opened for the week on Sunday up more than 3%, hitting the highest level in three years. Retail prices began to creep up at the weekend. The national average price increased a cent on the gallon since Friday to $2.962 a gallon, according to Jeanette Casselano, a spokeswoman for the American Automobile Association.