New York – Authorities say bird strikes forced two planes to return to New York’s Kennedy Airport shortly after takeoff over the weekend.
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A JetBlue flight bound for the Dominican Republic returned to the airport without incident after hitting some birds Saturday afternoon.
According to the FAA, a second JetBlue plane hit a bird Sunday morning after it took off for Nassau in the Bahamas.
JetBlue says wasn’t a direct hit and the plane returned to the airport as a precaution.
In both incidents, passengers resumed their trips on different planes.
what has to happen before we realize it is time to allow culling of Canada Geese? And if the animal rights people have a problem with it let them sign a paper stating that the each will keep 100 of them in their home and not allow them out..
animal rights group(PETA) been called in…
The brutal killing of these poor birds must stop at once. We need to ground all flights at JFK during the times of day that the birds are in the area, until we can figure out a way to keep these birds safe.