An Aer Lingus flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a flock of birds became stuck in the engine that was taking off from Dublin Airport.
According to Dublin Live, it is understood that the captain told the passengers a "flock of pigeons" had hit the right side engine of the Airbus A330-300.
The plane had taken off from the airport's North runway at 12:12pm, however, it turned around a short time later and performed an emergency landing.
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The plane, which is 16 years old, subsequently landed at Dublin Airport's South runway 15 minutes later.
On passenger, David O'Connor said that while the impact caused "major vibrations" on the plane he added the pilot did a "top-notch job".
He wrote on Twitter: "My Aer Lingus flight EI123 from Dublin to Chicago just had a bird strike in number 2 engine on takeoff. Captain says it was a flock of pigeons.
"Major vibration after takeoff lead to an emergency landing back in Dublin. Happened today April 13 at 12pm." He added that the pilot did a "top-notch job".
A video uploaded by Mr O'Connor, with the Twitter handle @iamirishdave, shows emergency responders examining the right engine of the plane after the landing.
A spokeswoman for Aer Lingus told Dublin Live: "Aer Lingus flight EI123 operating from Dublin to Chicago this afternoon was required to turn back when the aircraft experienced a bird strike shortly after take-off.
"The aircraft landed safely at Dublin Airport and all customers and crew are safely disembarking. We are working on getting impacted customers to their destination as quickly as possible."
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