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Delta Flight Returns To Airport After Collision With Possible Bird Or Drone

Plane Landed Safely Back At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas

A Delta Airlines that had just departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas (KAUS) in Texas Saturday returned to the airport after it collided with something authorities say may have been a bird or a drone.

CNN reports that the plane has departed Austin for Salt Lake City, UT when the incident occurred. The plane returned to KUAS and landed safely, and all passengers were deplaned at normally at a gate, according to a statement from Delta.

Delta Spokeswoman Savannah Huddelston told CNN that there were 126 passengers and five crew aboard the Airbus A319.

Bryce Dubee, a spokesperson for the Austin airport, told CNN that there have been reports that the airplane struck a bird or a drone, "but the plane is currently being examined to determine the nature of the mechanical issue.

The passengers were accommodated on other Delta flights, Delta said.

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