Watch: US Military Plane Carrying Head of National Guard Slams Into Flock of Birds Taking Off from Chicago
A National Guard jet had a close encounter of the highly dangerous kind recently near Chicago’s Midway airport on Monday. Video of the incident posted to CNN and social media shows the plane flying into a flock of birds…
A National Guard jet had a close encounter of the highly dangerous kind recently near Chicago’s Midway airport on Monday.
Video of the incident posted to CNN and social media shows the plane flying into a flock of birds not long after it took off.
The plane returned to the airport after the incident.
According to WGN-TV, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the jet struck a bird in flight.
The report said that the C-37 landed safely.
No one was injured in the 5 p.m. incident.
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