Delta flight returns to Detroit with bird onboard

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Flight returns to Detroit after bird enters plane during boarding, officials say
Officials: Bird safely removed, set free


ROMULUS, Mich. - Delta officials said a Saturday flight to Atlanta returned to Detroit because a bird had entered the plane.

Delta Flight 1943 at Detroit Metro Airport bound for Atlanta was taxiing to the runway when the captain turned it back to the gate for something he had never seen in his 20 years as a pilot -- a small bird snuck on board and was in the cockpit.

The pilots became aware of the small bird in the cockpit shortly after takeoff, which had entered the plane during boarding, officials said...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news...rd-enters-plane-during-boarding-officials-say

Can't blame the little bird for wanting to escape frigid Michigan temps for the sunny south :D
 

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