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Westchester-bound JetBlue flight strikes birds

JetBlue will bring its international operations at Kennedy

Photo credit: Getty Images | JetBlue will bring its international operations at Kennedy Airport under one roof at Terminal 5 once construction is finished in 2014. (Feb. 6, 2003)

A JetBlue flight heading to the Westchester County Airport was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday night after a bird struck the plane. Officials say Flight 580 out of West Palm Beach, Florida, hit the bird shortly after takeoff Sunday at around 5:30 p.m.was on its way to West Palm Beach, Florida when it hit two geese. During the past two years, there have been about 40 bird strike incidents...

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