The eagle has not landed

h A worker inspects an Alaska Airlines jet engine Sunday in Sitka, Alaska, after an eagle was sucked into it.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An eagle was sucked into an engine of an Alaska Airlines jet as the aircraft was taking off from a small southeast Alaska town Sunday, causing the flight to be aborted.

Seattle-bound Flight 68 was approaching takeoff speed when the eagle was ingested into the left engine shortly after 10 a.m. in Sitka. None of the 134 passengers or five crew members was hurt.

“We were roaring down the runway and about the time they’d be picking the nose up, we hear a big kaboom,” said passenger Bill Shake, of Portland. “It sounded like a flat tire.” More here.

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