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2 days ago
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Birds try to stowaway onboard Delta Air Lines flight, passenger tries to catch one
A flight from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin was delayed Saturday after two birds tried to stowaway on the aircraft. The apparent wild pigeons were on Delta Air Lines flight 2348, along with 119 passengers and five crew members. 'It was bizarre,' passenger Tom Caw told CNN. 'When I got on the plane, I initially heard a passenger tell a flight attendant that she thinks there's a pigeon on the plane and I looked at her and thought, 'what is she talking about?'' Sure enough, after Caw finished buckling his seat belt, he heard a commotion a few rows ahead of where he was sitting. Baggage handlers were called onboard to remove the bird and the pilot got on the intercom to tell everyone that there's a 'wildlife situation on the plane,' Caw said. After the plane left the gate and was getting ready to take off, another bird emerged. 'It was strutting up the aisle,' Caw said, before someone tried to grab it, which sent the bird flying through the cabin. Video taken by Caw shows the bird flying as a passenger jumps up and tries to catch the animal in a jacket while a woman screams. After the failed attempt, the bird ended up in the back of the plane. The pilot asked controllers for permission to return to the gate, according to audio recorded by the website 'You guys need assistance, or are you all good?' the air traffic controller asked. 'There is a pigeon on the plane and it won't go away? That's a first for me. Wow… Oh my goodness that is insane.' After the plane returned to the gate, another baggage handler was asked to come on board and managed to remove the bird safely, Caw said. In a statement to CNN, Delta said it, 'appreciates the careful actions of our people and our customers to safely remove two birds from the aircraft prior to departure. We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel.' The flight arrived in Madison about an hour later than scheduled. CNN's Kara Devlin contributed to this report.
CNN
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Birds try to stowaway onboard Delta Air Lines flight, passenger tries to catch one
Aviation news Animal storiesFacebookTweetLink Follow A flight from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin was delayed Saturday after two birds tried to stowaway on the aircraft. The apparent wild pigeons were on Delta Air Lines flight 2348, along with 119 passengers and five crew members. 'It was bizarre,' passenger Tom Caw told CNN. 'When I got on the plane, I initially heard a passenger tell a flight attendant that she thinks there's a pigeon on the plane and I looked at her and thought, 'what is she talking about?'' Sure enough, after Caw finished buckling his seat belt, he heard a commotion a few rows ahead of where he was sitting. Baggage handlers were called onboard to remove the bird and the pilot got on the intercom to tell everyone that there's a 'wildlife situation on the plane,' Caw said. After the plane left the gate and was getting ready to take off, another bird emerged. 'It was strutting up the aisle,' Caw said, before someone tried to grab it, which sent the bird flying through the cabin. Video taken by Caw shows the bird flying as a passenger jumps up and tries to catch the animal in a jacket while a woman screams. After the failed attempt, the bird ended up in the back of the plane. The pilot asked controllers for permission to return to the gate, according to audio recorded by the website 'You guys need assistance, or are you all good?' the air traffic controller asked. 'There is a pigeon on the plane and it won't go away? That's a first for me. Wow… Oh my goodness that is insane.' After the plane returned to the gate, another baggage handler was asked to come on board and managed to remove the bird safely, Caw said. In a statement to CNN, Delta said it, 'appreciates the careful actions of our people and our customers to safely remove two birds from the aircraft prior to departure. We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel.' The flight arrived in Madison about an hour later than scheduled. CNN's Kara Devlin contributed to this report.
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4 days ago
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2 more victims of private jet crash in San Diego identified by coroner
The names of two more people who were killed when the small private jet on which they were passengers crashed into a San Diego, California, neighborhood last week were released on Sunday. The San Diego Medical Examiner confirmed that 41-year-old Dominic Christopher Damian and 24-year-old Kendall Fortner were among the six people aboard a Cessna 550 jet that crash and burst into flames early Thursday morning in dense fog near Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport. Everyone aboard the plane died, officials said. Eight people on the ground were injured, including five who were treated for smoke inhalation, officials said. Multiple homes were destroyed and several vehicles were damaged, authorities said. The crash occurred about 3:45 a.m. when the private jet clipped powerlines and crashed in San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighborhood seconds before it was to land at the Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport, according to an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the NTSB. On Friday, the Medical Examiner confirmed the identities of three of the people aboard the aircraft who were killed as 42-year-old David Shapiro, 25-year-old Emma Huke, and 36-year-old Celina Kenyon. MORE: Music agency co-founder among dead in San Diego plane crash The identity of the sixth person killed in the cash has not been publicly confirmed by officials. Shapiro was the co-founder of the music talent agency Sound Talent Group, the company said in an earlier statement. The company's statement identified Fortner as a booking associate with the agency but Fortner's identity wasn't officially confirmed by the medical examiner until Sunday. Huke also worked for the talent agency as a booking associate, according to the agency. The plane was flying from Wichita, Kansas, to San Diego when it crashed, officials said. The plane originated in Teterboro, New Jersey, according to FlightRadar24 records. The plane stopped to refuel in Wichita, Kansas, before flying on to San Diego, according to FlightRadar24. San Diego Assistant Fire Chief of Emergency Operations Dan Eddy said at a news conference on Thursday that there was dense fog in the area at the time of the crash. In air traffic control audio transmissions minutes before the crash, the pilot was recorded asking about the weather conditions, according to The NTSB said that the airport's weather reporting system as well as runway lights were both not functioning at the time of the crash. ABC News' Nadine El-Bawab contributed to this report. 2 more victims of private jet crash in San Diego identified by coroner originally appeared on
4 days ago
2 more victims of private jet crash in San Diego identified by coroner
The names of two more people who were killed when the small private jet on which they were passengers crashed into a San Diego, California, neighborhood last week were released on Sunday. The San Diego Medical Examiner confirmed that 41-year-old Dominic Christopher Damian and 24-year-old Kendall Fortner were among the six people aboard a Cessna 550 jet that crash and burst into flames early Thursday morning in dense fog near Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport. Everyone aboard the plane died, officials said. Eight people on the ground were injured, including five who were treated for smoke inhalation, officials said. Multiple homes were destroyed and several vehicles were damaged, authorities said. The crash occurred about 3:45 a.m. when the private jet clipped powerlines and crashed in San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighborhood seconds before it was to land at the Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport, according to an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the NTSB. On Friday, the Medical Examiner confirmed the identities of three of the people aboard the aircraft who were killed as 42-year-old David Shapiro, 25-year-old Emma Huke, and 36-year-old Celina Kenyon. The identity of the sixth person killed in the cash has not been publicly confirmed by officials. Shapiro was the co-founder of the music talent agency Sound Talent Group, the company said in an earlier statement. The company's statement identified Fortner as a booking associate with the agency but Fortner's identity wasn't officially confirmed by the medical examiner until Sunday. Huke also worked for the talent agency as a booking associate, according to the agency. The plane was flying from Wichita, Kansas, to San Diego when it crashed, officials said. The plane originated in Teterboro, New Jersey, according to FlightRadar24 records. The plane stopped to refuel in Wichita, Kansas, before flying on to San Diego, according to FlightRadar24. San Diego Assistant Fire Chief of Emergency Operations Dan Eddy said at a news conference on Thursday that there was dense fog in the area at the time of the crash. In air traffic control audio transmissions minutes before the crash, the pilot was recorded asking about the weather conditions, according to The NTSB said that the airport's weather reporting system as well as runway lights were both not functioning at the time of the crash.
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6 days ago
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Did thick fog play a role in the San Diego plane crash? What we know about the fatal accident
Six people are presumed dead after a jet airplane crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego County on Thursday morning amid dense fog, but investigators have yet to release the names of those aboard. The investigation into what led to the fiery crash in the Tierrasanta neighborhood is still underway, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The federal agency expects to announce additional information Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. about their investigation into the incident. The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office has not identified any of the victims in the crash. A spokesperson for the office expects at least two names to be released Friday. Here's what we know so far: What happened A Cessna 550 jet, which can accommodate up to 10 people, took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey at around 11:15 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday and stopped for just under an hour in Wichita, Kan., according to the flight tracking site FlightAware. The aircraft was headed for Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, a general aviation airport owned by the city of San Diego and located less than three miles from the crash site. Around 3:40 a.m. Thursday, the jet made its approach to the airport. The pilot announced on the radio that the plane was three miles away from landing on Runway 28, according to a recording from The pilot did not signal any problems with the aircraft and did not issue a distress call in the recordings reviewed by The Times. The crash was reported roughly seven minutes later, according to authorities. Impact and poor conditions The plane hit power lines about two miles before making impact with a house in the residential neighborhood in the Murphy Canyon area, a neighborhood that consists of military housing. Jet fuel and debris spread across the neighborhood. At least eight people on the ground suffered minor injuries and one person was taken to the hospital, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Assistant Chief Dan Eddy said Wednesday. The exact measurement of where wreckage of the plane fell was still being determined by investigators. 'There's plane everywhere,' Eddy said, calling the scene a 'gigantic debris field.' Eliott Simpson, a senior aviation accident investigator for the NTSB, said the aircraft was flying in 'very poor weather conditions.' Dense fog had rolled into the area around the time the plane was approaching the airport. Visibility was at half a mile at 3:55 a.m. and had dropped to a quarter of a mile just after 4 a.m. in the area around Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, which is just a few miles north of the crash site, according to the National Weather Service. 'We had a marine layer that was deep enough that the clouds got into some of the valleys this morning,' said Adam Roser, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego. 'This one kind of crept in from the ocean into the valley and led to some of those foggy conditions.' Casualties The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that six people were aboard the jet. Officials said it was likely that nobody survived, but have not released a total number of casualties from the crash. At least two individuals were identified by colleagues, including Dave Shapiro, co-founder of Sound Talent Group, a San Diego County-based music agency, and Daniel Williams, who posted on his Instagram on Wednesday afternoon that he was boarding the plane with Shapiro. Williams is the former drummer of the metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. The band posted a tribute to Williams and Shapiro on its Facebook page. Sound Talent Group confirmed to The Times that three of its employees died in the crash. In a statement, the company said, 'We are devastated by the loss of our co-founder, colleagues and friends. Our hearts go out to their families and to everyone impacted by today's tragedy. Thank you so much for respecting their privacy at this time.' Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
