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Bird Collides With Plane

By The Associated Press

Northwest Airlines spokeswoman says bird dented plane's nose. Bird Collides With Plane

Published: Mon, July 07, 2008 - 8:39 am Last Updated: Tue, July 08, 2008 - 1:51 pm

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Northwest Airlines jet that landed in
Florida with a big dent in its nose yesterday collided with a bird.
That's according to a spokeswoman for Tampa International Airport.
The airline says the incident was a "minor maintenance issue"
and it is investigating.
No one aboard Flight 478 from Detroit was injured. The pilot did
not ask for emergency vehicles to be present for the landing.
Traveler Peter Brylinke was waiting to take the Boeing 757 from
Tampa to Minneapolis when he saw the plane on the runway. He says
it had a "smashed-in nose" and looked like it crashed into a
wall.

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KxVx Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 10:27 am

I think that’s in the “Pot Reaches New High” article.

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carl Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 10:22 am

If he is then I want some of what he had.

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KxVx Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 10:04 am

“I hope you’re as happy as you’re pretending.”
-Dashboard Confessional

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igotbanned83 Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 9:51 am

Yes, Yes, Can you feel that buddy? HUH? HUH? HUH?
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igotbanned83 Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 9:50 am

I HAVE EXCERSIZED THE DEMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS ROOM IS CLEAR!!!!!

Vindicated, I am selfish I am torn, I am right, I swear Im right, swear I knew it all along and I am fine, yes I am cleaning up so well, i can see within me now the things you swore you saw yourself!!!
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carl Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 9:42 am

Well one thing for sure it wasn’t a KxVx PATRIOT GOOSE or that plane wouldn’t had to worry about landing. It get’em every time.

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KxVx Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 9:37 am

So it IS a conspiricay??

Where’s Banned83?

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Tide Fan Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 9:23 am

KxVx…I read where shortly after the incident took place….A news agency,maybe MSNBC, NOT SURE THOUGH, consulted with a retired airline pilot trying to figure out the cause and his thought was that it was likely a bird that caused the damage…and it seems some news reports just took that and ran with it. From everything I read in other articles, Northwest never said it was a birdstrike…infact, the pilot said they never saw a bird.

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carl Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 9:13 am

IT was probably an Implosion, the poor birds get blamed for every thing. You hit a ball wrong,“FOWL”. Someone treats you wrong “FOWL”. We ought to make them birds carry flight insurance.

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KxVx Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 9:11 am

“The Federal Aviation Administration said it is looking for the cause of a dent in the nose of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 757 that landed safely at 1:10 p.m. Sunday at Tampa International Airport. Neither the FAA nor the airline has determined whether the damage was the result of an unexplained structural failure, lightning or another cause.”
Why is WKRG reporting in such a factual manner that it was a bird?

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