Oprah's Jet Has Mid-Air Collision With Bird

[matcom]

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Oprah Winfrey's private jet was forced to return to the Santa Barbara airport following a mid-air collision with a bird.

Neither the talk show diva nor her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, was injured in the incident that occurred shortly after takeoff Monday afternoon.

The impact cracked the jet's windshield. The GulfStream jet will be grounded until the windshield is repaired.

John Ahlman of the Santa Barbara Fire Department said it's not unusual for planes to collide with birds.

Winfrey has a mansion on 42 acres in the hills near Santa Barbara.

In August 2000, a KLM Airlines jumbo jet made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport after a bird strike damaged an engine on takeoff, causing pieces of it to plummet onto a beach just west of the airfield.

http://www.wftv.com/entertainment/5674547/detail.html

[matcom]

1. people

SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! :cry:

[rug]

2. What about the bird?

[GOPisEvil]

3. Who writes this shit?

"Neither the talk show diva..."

Why not just say talk show hostess?

[DS1]

4. This is what happens with pigs on the wing

:hide:

[SOteric]

5. What? You and matcom were on the plane?

Who knew?

[DS1]

7. It was our unique high-speed chicken dish

It'll go right through ya

[SOteric]

8. Yes, I think I saw the graphic depiction in another thread....

:7

[nickgutierrez]

6. At least it wasn't a snake. n/t