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Title: Pilot reported double bird strike after takeoff (AP)
Post by: riky on January 16, 2009, 12:01:19 AM
Pilot reported double bird strike after takeoff
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090115/capt.99bfa8f0b03e4f699054e272a1feefd8.aptopix_new_york_plane_in_river_nydp109.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=qpUlledPpfFYw__lzpiRWg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Passengers in an inflatable raft prepare to move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/plane_in_river_radio)AP - A US Airways pilot reported a "double bird strike" less than a minute after takeoff Thursday and was headed for an emergency landing in New Jersey when he ditched into the Hudson River, an air controllers union spokesman said.</p><br clear="all"/>


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