Bird strikes front landing gear, disables airliner arriving at Twin Cities airport

A suspected bird strike disabled a commercial airliner as it landed early Thursday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and passengers and crew were delayed getting off the aircraft for nearly two hours.

American Airlines flight 458 from Miami touched down safely at 12:48 a.m., and the cockpit crew reported to air traffic control that the plane had been struck by a bird, said airport spokesman Jeff Lea.

As a result of the impact to the airliner's front landing gear, "the plane became inoperable to taxi off the runway," Lea said. "It eventually had to be towed to the gate. The runway was closed for a couple of hours to clean up hydraulic fluids that were a result of the bird strike."

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