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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joanna Whitehead

British Airways flight forced to divert after bird strike causes fumes in cabin

A British Airways flight from Washington DC to London was forced to make an emergency stop in Boston following reports of a bird strike and “smoke in the cabin”.

Flight 216 departed Dulles International Airport on Saturday (26 April) around 5.30pm local time but was forced to land at Boston Logan International Airport around 7.30pm “after the crew reported a possible bird strike and fumes in the cabin,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement to CBS News.

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