Delta Airlines Regional Jet Returns to Charleston Due to Bird Strike

Delta Shuttle America Embraer 170

A Delta Airlines Regional flight heading to New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) from Charleston International Airport (CHS) had to return to Charleston due to a bird strike on Tuesday.

Delta Flight 5972, operating as Shuttle America, took off from Charleston at 2:30 PM with 63 passengers aboard when a flock of birds hit the right-hand engine at about 3,000 feet.

Pilots immediately returned the Embraer 170 plane for a safe landing. No one was injured.

The aircraft was taken out of service for inspection.

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