NEW YORK — Birds struck an incoming American Airlines jet at LaGuardia on Tuesday morning, the FAA said, renewing fears about planes dangerously colliding with birds that live near the airport, according to the New York Post’s Web site.
Flight 1256 from Miami landed safely on Runway 22 and taxied to Gate 10, said FAA spokesman Jim Peters. There were no reported injuries.
It’s the first recorded bird strike since a flock of Canada geese rammed into Flight 1549 in January, forcing Capt. Chesley “sully” Sullenberger to ditch the plane in the Hudson River in a miracle landing.
The captain reported problems with the nose gear after the landing. The jet had to be towed to the ramp, FAA officials said.
The plane, carrying 135 passengers and five crew members, was 900 feet in the air when it ran into the birds.
Investigators are checking for damage. It’s uncertain what type of birds hit the plane.
The Boeing 737-800 departed Miami at 8:14 a.m. and landed at 10:54 a.m.
Federal and Port Authority officials have recently rounded up hundreds of Canada geese near LaGuardia and gassed them to death to prevent another near-catastrophe like the one in January.