A British Airways flight went from Washington, DC, to London, on Saturday he deviated to Boston after a report of a bird and smoke strike in the cabin, authorities said.
British Airways flight 216 landed at Boston Logan International Airport around 7:30 pm East time “after the crew reported a possible strike of birds and fumes in the cabin,” said the Federal Aviation Administration in a statement to CBS News.
Boeing 777 had abandoned Dulles International Airport and was destined for Heathrow Airport.
A British Airways spokesman said the flight was diverted to Boston “as a catering after a suspicious bird strike,” he added that the engineers were inspecting the plane.
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority told CBS News in an email “a bird was beaten” and that the plane “landed without incident.”
There are no more details immediately. There were no reports or injuries. It is not clear how many people were aboard the plane.
The flight had sweet tasks shortly after 5:30 pm, according to Floiveaware.com air traffic data.
FAA said it will investigate the incident.
The number of Reported bird strikes In the United States it has increased constantly, according to FAA, which maintains a database that records collisions between airplanes and wildlife. It attributes the increase to several variables, including the growing wildlife populations, an increase in aviation traffic and a tendency towards more quiet airplanes.
In 2023, around 19,400 Bird strikes They were reported in 713 American airports, says FAA.
Jared Ochacher
