Written byHunter Robinson An American Airlines flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, experienced a terrifying bird strike that disabled one of its two engines shortly after takeoff on Thursday night.

A bird strike at LaGuardia Airport in New York City forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at JFK.

Authorities say bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the plane’s two engines shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.