Bird Dent Dubbed Maintenance Issue

From the Tampa Tribune: A Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit created a stir among passengers when it landed in Tampa on Sunday afternoon with a sizable dent in its nose. Northwest called it “a minor maintenance issue” in a statement released Sunday. Tampa Intl Airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan said the aircraft collided with a bird. There were no injuries and the pilot did not request emergency vehicles to be on hand when making the landing, she said. However, the incident with Northwest Airlines Flight 478, which left Detroit about 2 p.m., delayed passengers traveling from Tampa to Minneapolis.
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