Are Canada geese fighting back at the NY Post? The plucky tabloid reports that a flock of the birds struck a Boeing 777 that left Newark for Hong Kong on Wednesday: "The pilot told controllers the geese hit the left wing of the craft, which was fully loaded with fuel for the 16-hour flight." And among the 301 passengers—a Post reporter!
Reporter Brendan Scott said, "It was a whole flocking family of geese. Members of the flight crew, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the incident, said they had seen a single-goose strike before. Never a flock." The plane circled for 90 minutes while it dumped fuel; when it landed back at Newark, Continental found that while many birds were "ingested," the engine wasn't damaged. Passengers took another flight to Hong Kong yesterday.
The Post had advocated for the killing of Canada geese after a bird strike caused Flight 1549 to splash land in the Hudson last year. Perhaps this episode will only further strengthen the Post's resolve against Canada geese.
