JetBlue Flight to NYC Hit Coyote on Takeoff at Rhode Island Airport, Passenger Says: "We Heard a Thud"

JetBlue Plane Forced to Turn Around After Striking Coyote During Takeoff: 'We Heard a Thud,' Says Passenger

A flight bound for New York's JFK International Airport was forced to turn around after it hit a coyote during takeoff from Rhode Island's T.F. Green International Airport on Tuesday, March 24.

JetBlue flight turns back after striking a coyote on the runway: 'We thought it was a joke'

A JetBlue flight was forced to turn back shortly after takeoff Tuesday after reportedly striking a coyote on the runway at a Rhode Island airport.JetBlue Flight 1129, bound for New York’s JFK Airport, struck the animal while taking off from T.F. Green Airport Tuesday morning, according to WPRI-TV. Although the aircraft initially continued its climb, it returned to Rhode Island about 15 minutes later.Erin Drozda, a passenger on the flight, said s…

JetBlue flight bound for JFK strikes coyote on Rhode Island runway during takeoff: ‘Thought it was a joke’

A JetBlue flight to New York was thrown into chaos after it reportedly smashed into a coyote while taking off from a Rhode Island airport Tuesday morning.

JetBlue flight to NYC hit coyote on takeoff at Rhode Island airport, passenger says: "We heard a thud"

A JetBlue flight returned safely to T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island after hitting a coyote on the runway Tuesday morning.

‘We heard a thud’: Plane hits coyote during takeoff at TF Green

Erin Drozda and her wife are supposed to be in Costa Rica, but their travel plans got interrupted by a coyote.

JFK-bound flight has to turn around after plane hits coyote on tarmac

New Yorkers have grown accustomed to bird strikes forcing passenger jets to turn around — or land in a river. But a coyote on the tarmac? That’s so Rhode Island. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that JetBlue flight 1129, an Airbus A320 heading to JFK International Airport in Queens, had to turn around because it hit a coyote upon...