No injuries were reported among the 140 passengers and five crewmembers aboard the MD-80 jetliner bound from Lambert-St. LouisInternational Airport to Los Angeles on Wednesday. An American spokeswoman says the pilot noticed a bird, believedto be a red-tailed hawk, flying into the right engine as the planetook off.
The plane landed a few minutes later. The passengers andcrew later flew to Los Angeles on another plane. Bird-aircraft collisions are not unusual. However, they havereceived added scrutiny since a US Airways flight ditched into theHudson River in January after hitting a flock of Canada geese. Allaboard survived. *AP
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