Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/26
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) EVA Airways, one of Taiwan’s leading airlines, confirmed
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Monday that flight BR27 from San Francisco to Taoyuan struck a bird shortly after it departed and returned to the airport as a precaution.
All of the 168 passengers were safe, the airline said.
The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which took off at 0:14 a.m., had birds get caught in its No. 1 engine, EVA Air said, but it declined to give the exact time when the incident took place.
The pilot followed standard operating procedures to check the aircraft and determined that nothing was broken and decided to return to San Francisco as a safety precaution, EVA Air said. [FULL STORY]
