June 26, 2009

A Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Northwest Airlines, flight 9E-2294/NW-2294 from Chattanooga Lovell,TN to Memphis,TN (USA), struck a number of birds during initial climb from runway 20. The crew levelled off at 4000 feet and decided to return for a safe landing on runway 20 about 20 minutes after departure.

The airplane could take off again after about 100 minutes on the ground following an inspection and reached Memphis with a total delay of 2:12 hours.