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Bird Strike Forces Emergency Landing At LaGuardia
AA Flight 1256, Headed Towards NYC Airport From Miami, Landed Safely After Collision With Birds

An American Airlines passenger jet headed towards LaGuardia Airport was forced to make an emergency landing after a collision with birds, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.

The American Airlines Flight 1256 was approaching the Queens airport from Miami when it reported the bird strike just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning, at approximately 900 feet altitude.

The plane's pilot landed the Boeing 737 safely on runway 22, with no reports of injuries.

The Port Authority confirmed to CBS 2 HD that the plane's pilot complained of nose gear problems as a result of the strike.

The plane was directed to Gate 10 where it is currently being inspected.

Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramento International report the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time.

The FAA list of wildlife strikes, published on the Internet, details more than 89,000 incidents since 1990, including 28 cases since 2000 when a collision with a bird or other animal such as a deer on a runway was so severe that the aircraft was considered destroyed.