A United Airways passenger jet certain for Miami needed to return to Chicago on Friday after hitting a hen, the airline stated.
The hen strike occurred simply after it took off from O’Hare Worldwide Airport, in keeping with United. Flight 1930, a Boeing 737-900, returned to the airport.
“The plane landed safely and passengers deplaned on the gate,” United stated in a press release. Passengers have been placed on a special aircraft, it stated.
The Chicago Division of Aviation stated that it obtained a name for “standby alert” at 11:14 a.m.
Reported hen strikes on civil plane have typically been growing over time, though the quantity varies per yr.
In 2021, there have been 14,564 reported hen strikes, in keeping with a Federal Aviation Administration report, and plane additionally struck bats, “terrestrial mammals” and reptiles.
Of all of the wildlife strikes final yr, 648 brought on injury to the plane.
Over half of hen strikes, round 53 %, occur from July to October when younger birds emerge from the nest or when fall migration happens, in keeping with the FAA.
