KC-Denver jet hits geese, loses engine, turns around
When a mid-air collision with geese took out two engines in January, USAir Flight 1549, piloted by Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, ditched in the Hudson River off Manhattan. All aboard survived.
It isn’t often that a person rides on an airplane that loses one of its engines. (7News)
And it’s not frequent for a person to see flames shooting from the wings of the plane.
But what was most peculiar to Denver’ Shannon McCarthy was how calm all of the passengers were after the Frontier Airlines flight they were riding on damaged its engines after hitting a flock of geese on Saturday evening.
Frontier Airlines flight 820 left Kansas City, Mo., and was due to arrive at Denver International Airport at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. But shortly after takeoff, the plane hit a number of birds, said Frontier Airlines spokesman Steve Snyder.
The plane turned around and landed safely at Kansas City International Airport.
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