Air Force Two comes under attack, from bird

anything had happened, sources told ABC News. But the pilots immediately realised that the plane had struck something, and hurried to land as quickly as possible.
The plane touched down without further difficulties, and Mr Biden left the scene.
On Friday, mechanics inspected the engines to ensure that there was no serious damage to the plane.
The Vice President returned from California on Friday afternoon in a replacement Air Force Two, a Gulf Stream 3.
A spokesman for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Andrews, which is responsible for presidential planes, told CNN that the incident was managed according to usual procedures.
“When there is a bird strike our safety procedure is to land safely as quickly as possible to get an assessment of what happened and review the extent of damage if there is damage,”he said.
A number of dramatic emergency landings have been caused by bird strikes recently.
On Thursday afternoon, a plane flying to Los Angeles had to make a sudden turnaround just minutes after takeoff when an animal flew in to its engine.
Passengers were terrified when the cabin filled with smoke as the plane returned to New York’s JFK Airport.
The incident recalled 2009’s “Miracle on the Hudson”, when a heroic pilot saved 155 passengers and crew with a splash landing on the river following a bird strike.
On average, there are around 26 bird strikes on US aircraft every day. — Daily Mail.