Officials said a British Airways flight was diverted in Boston on Saturday from DC, DC, after a bird strike and smoke report on Saturday, officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration told CBS News in a statement that the British Airways flight landed at Boston Logan International Airport at around 2:30 pm “Federal Aviation Administration told CBS News in a statement.
Boeing 777777 left the Dulls International Airport and was bound for Heathrow Airport.
A British Airways spokesman said the flight was “diverted” to Boston as a warning after a suspected bird strike, “Engineers were inspected by furthering the aircraft.
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority told CBS News that “a bird was hit” in an email and the aircraft “landed without any incident” in an email.
No more details were provided immediately. No news was reported. It is unclear how many people were on the plane.
According to the traffic on Flightwire.com, the flight was removed from the Dulls shortly after 9:30 pm.
The FAA says it will investigate the incident.
Number Report According to the FAA, the United States is increasing continuously, which maintains a database that records conflicts between aircraft and wildlife. It blames the growth of various variables, including increasing wildlife population, aviation traffic growth and tendency towards quiet aircraft.
In 2023, about 19,400 Hit the bird FAA says 713 was reported to US Airport.
Mark Strasman contributed to this report.
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