Airplane Bird Strike? No, It was a Fish Strike


When a jet from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was forced to abort a takeoff after hitting what the crew believed to be a bird - Lindsey Garven, the wildlife manager at MacDill Air Force Base set out to look for the bird. The only thing she found was a fish. DNA tests confirmed the plane had hit the fish, a nine-inch sheepshead. The Tampa Tribune says Garven believes a juvenile bald eagle snacking on the fish dropped it on the jet.

SOURCE: The Tampa Tribune

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