Saturday 03 October 2009

A Ryanair jet was forced to make an emergency landing when a dual-engine bird strike shortly after take-off forced its crew to abandon the flight.

The Italian aviation authority has launched an investigation into the “serious incident”, which occurred on Thursday, when Ryanair flight FR8631 was taking off from Trapani Airport on the Italian island of Sicily.

The twin-engine Boeing 737-800 was en route to Brussels Charleroi Airport in Belgium when it struck a flock of birds shortly after departure.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/forced-landing-for-ryanair-jet-after-bird-strike-1903389.html