Accidents & Incidents Week Ending 10 Nov 03 (27 of 28)

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New York John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport September 05, 2003

American Airlines » Fokker F-100

Laguardia to Midway, diverted to Kennedy because of bird strike.

The flame-out from the engine darkened the tail in this shot.

Pilots did a great job in bringing this plane back at such a critical time in view of debris on windows next to engine.

Bird was deflected into right engine, engine blew and a piece of fan blade pierced the fuselage; luckily nobody was hurt.