“Thus, the incident ingested bird was larger than what the engine was certified for,” the report reads. The Federal Aviation Administration certified the Airbus A-320 to ingest birds up to 6.05 pounds. An immature bald eagle is one that is more than a year old and already has molted its first plumage. Adult bald eagles can weigh between 10 and 15 pounds, with females typically outweighing the males. The feather lab identified the bird as “a male immature bald eagle,” the NTSB report said, weighing roughly 9.1 pounds. Those were sent to the Smithsonian Institute Feather Identification Laboratory in Washington, D.C. Department of Agriculture assigned to the Atlantic City Airport was sent to the scene a few days later to collect feathers and remains of the bird from the plane.
All were evacuated from the plane.Īccording to the NTSB report released last month, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. The flight, headed for Fort Lauderdale, had 102 passengers and seven crew members on board when the strike happened. The plane stopped on the runway about 17 seconds after the bird was hit and crew saw visual signs of an engine fire, including a puff of smoke and flames, about 24 seconds later, the NTSB reported. More: Spirit Airlines flight aborts takeoff after bird enters engine Subscriber exclusive: In New Jersey, online gamblers 7 times more likely to join self-exclusion list. “The captain braked safely and brought the plane to a stop,” Spirit said in a statement shortly after the incident on Oct 2, 2021. The 9-pound eagle was sucked into the right engine about 27 seconds after the Airbus A-320 started a takeoff roll down the runway at Atlantic City International Airport, according to a final report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
GALLOWAY – A Spirit Airlines plane that caught fire on the runway last fall had just struck a bald eagle that was too big to pass through the plane’s engine, a federal investigation has found.
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