NEW YORK—A bird strike took out one of an American Airlines jet’s two engines after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport and forced the the plane to turn around and land at John F. Kennedy International Airport, authorities said Friday.
“Mayday mayday mayday American 1722 engine failure,” the pilot of the Charlotte, North Carolina-bound aircraft radioed to the control tower during Thursday’s emergency, according to a recording of air traffic control communications.
