Utah Jazz charter flight forced to make emergency landing after striking flock of birds

 
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:47 pm    Post subject: Utah Jazz charter flight forced to make emergency landing after striking flock of birds

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Utah Jazz charter flight forced to make emergency landing after striking flock of birds

The Utah Jazz's team charter plane had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Tuesday afternoon after striking a flock of birds, which caused an engine fire and failure.

The Jazz were en route to Memphis, Tennessee, where they are scheduled to play the Grizzlies on Wednesday evening.

No injuries were reported. The Jazz confirmed their Delta charter for Wednesday's game returned to Salt Lake City International Airport shortly after takeoff.

A team source who was on the plane told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that players heard a loud bang and saw a flash from the left engine.

Two Jazz players told The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears that they were extremely relieved and appreciative no one was hurt.

On Twitter, several players appeared to express gratitude for the safe landing. Donovan Mitchell posted a praying hands emoji on Twitter, while Rudy Gobert wrote, "It's a beautiful day!''

The team departed later Tuesday evening for Memphis.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:30 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:45 am    Post subject:

Birdstrikes are one of the most common causes of crashes, so thankfully they were able to land. Iirc, Sully's plane got a double birdstrike, each engine.
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