New video footage has been released from inside Delta Flight 1063, which made an emergency landing at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday.
The new video was captured by a Delta passenger who was filming the
flight's takeoff as a flock of birds flew past the passenger window
moments before striking the plane's right engine.
The site has also posted video from just after the plane's emergency landing, during which a passenger discusses their experience. You can also view this footage taken from inside the plane moments after the bird strike occurred.
Delta Flight 1063 was originally
headed for Los Angeles, but was able to safely return to JFK after the
engine malfunction took place.
CNN correspondent Ali Velshi
was on the flight and
reports hearing "a loud grinding noise" and feeling the plane shaking
shortly after takeoff. "Moments later, the cabin started filling with
smoke."
He said there was "no panic on the flight" and "the crew was fantastic."
Bird strikes are fairly common. The FAA reports there were 2,586 bird
strikes at JFK since 1990, though many are not considered dangerous.
In 2009's "Miracle on the Hudson," Capt. Chesley "Sully"
Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on New York's Hudson River after
striking a flock of geese and losing power in both engines shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport.