A Caribbean-bound JetBlue flight was struck by a bird yesterday for the second day in a row after lifting off from JFK Airport, officials said.
In the most recent incident, JetBlue Flight 721 struck the fowl “on departure” around 10 a.m., according to the FAA.
“It was not a direct hit,” said JetBlue spokeswoman Tamara Bentham, but the plane nonetheless returned to JFK as a precaution.
The jet, an Airbus 320 with 125 people on board, hit a “pretty large bird” between 500 to 700 feet above ground and the feathered fiend “probably fell onto the runway,” Aviation Week reported.
After an inspection, the plane departed again without incident about 90 minutes later.
On Saturday, a Dominican Republic-bound flight had to go back to the airport after the pilot reported a bird strike to the plane’s nose.
Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of the city’s most famous bird strike — the “Miracle on the Hudson” incident in which Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger safely landed his disabled US Airways plane on the river.