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| Date: | Tuesday 18 June 2019 |
| Time: | c. 10:40 UTC |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-190AR (ERJ-190-100 IGW) |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N946UW |
| MSN: | 19000072 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF34-10E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) |
| New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
American Airlines flight AA2165, an ERJ-190, returned to land at Boston after suffering a bird strike on departure.
The aircraft took off from runway 09 at 10:37 UTC and safely landed on runway 04R at 10:54 UTC.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/aa2165#20f0aadc
https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wcvb.com%2Farticle%2Fbird-strike-forces-plane-to-return-to-bostons-logan-international-airport
Photo:
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8309768
Location
Media:
Flight to LGA AA2165 this morning had to turn back because of a double bird strike. Low drama but my second emergency landing. Tails are very fat in both markets and life.
— Gavin Baker (@GavinSBaker) June 18, 2019
Man next to me slept through everything and thought we had landed in LGA early. 😁 pic.twitter.com/YBbKkUyRCK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2019 14:27 | harro | Added |
| 18-Jun-2019 14:29 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2019 16:42 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
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