Bird strike disables engine and forces jetliner to turn back in New York City

American Airlines flight with 196 people took off from LaGuardia airport before a bird strike forced it to land at JFK

A bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the plane’s two engines shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia airport, forcing the flight to turn around and land at John F Kennedy international airport, authorities said on Friday.

No one was injured in the incident on Thursday involving flight 1722, which took off from LaGuardia at 7.43pm with a destination of Charlotte, North Carolina, airline officials said.

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