Delta flight to Nashville makes emergency landing due to bird strike

[weasel3d]

Here is an image of the cracked windshield of this particular flight in the CRJ 900.

Reports suggest that the bird strike happened earlier (not sure what altitude) and as the aircraft reached cruise altitude at 38,000ft, the crew decided that it was better to land the aircraft. Presumably, the crew would have carried out a rapid descent type of maneuver, which basically means getting the aircraft to descend quickly to 10,000ft or lower before oxygen masks deploy in the cabin area.

http://www.hngn.com/articles/197021/20160415/delta-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-bird-strike-cracks-windshield.htm
http://avherald.com/h?article=496ef204&opt=0

Thanks Vulcan59. Yes, they carried out a dramatic maneuver dropping down below 10, 000 feet quite fast and then landed at the airfield about 5 minutes later. Probably dropped speed dramatically, as to lessen the strain on the windshield. I'm assuming that if it was a bird, it happened quite early on, just after takeoff, at a lower altitude.

 

[Foxx]

That's a crazy story Ghostdoghaiku! I'm glad to hear that you're ok.