Bird strike near Sea-Tac leaves large dent on plane’s nose

Published 11:08 am Thursday, April 28, 2016

SEATTLE — Officials say a Dallas-bound American Airlines flight returned to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport shortly after takeoff after a bird strike left a large dent on the jetliner’s nose.

Sea-Tac Airport officials said that the flight with 150 passengers landed safely back in Seattle Wednesday afternoon. A photo of the damaged aircraft showed the large indentation nearly centered on the plane’s nose.

American airlines apologized to passengers and said it was evaluating the aircraft.