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United Airlines suffer a bird strike

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United Airlines A-319 on short-final suffer bird strike  United's originated flight 2182 departed Chicago's O'Hare (ORD) Airport hub on time at 14:01 CT, heading for a 799-mile flight to LaGuardia (LGA) Airport in New York. The flight overall was routine, with the aircraft heading towards an on-time arrival. The Airbus A-319 with 124 passengers and six crew on board was struck by a bird on a short-final to LaGuardia on Runway 22. The bird impacted the nose of the aircraft; however, it did not affect the airplane's ability to complete landing procedures safely. It arrived on Runway 22 before disembarking passengers at Gate 45 on time at 17:22 ET. The only damage noted on the United Airlines aircraft, registration N829UA, upon arrival in New York was a dent in the nose of the airplane. Mechanics at LaGuardia worked to remove the blemish from the plane, and it was ultimately returned to service about 20 hours later for a flight to Newark Liberty (EWR) Airport at 14:14 the

Prince William and Princess Kate 'enjoyed South Park episode mocking Harry and Meghan'

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Prince William and Princess Kate 'enjoyed South Park episode mocking Harry and Meghan' The Prince and Princess of Wales reportedly liked the animated satire's take down of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, leaked excerpts from a new book claim. Princess Kate and Prince William enjoyed South Park's brutal satire of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, according to leaks from a new bombshell book. The Prince and Princess of Wales thought the animated satire of the Sussexes was "hilarious", passages from Omid Scobie's work, Endgame, leaked to The Sun reveal. Harry and Meghan were mercilessly mocked in an episode of the US series entitled The Worldwide Privacy Tour where a fictional Prince and Princess of Canada demand people stop looking at them while courting publicity all the while. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex aren't mentioned by name in the show, but the creators make a series of thinly-veiled references to them. Meghan and Harry denied claims they had bee

Emirates Incident

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Emirates B777-300 Incident leading to diversion  An Emirates fleet of Boeing 777-300 with registration A6-EBQ and  performing flight EK-210 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Athens (Greece). The flight was enroute at FL330 about 100nm east of St. John's,NL (Canada) about to enter Oceanic Airspace when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Boston,MA (USA) while reporting an equipment failure. The aircraft descended to FL320 for the diversion and landed safely on Boston's runway 04R about 3 hours after the decision to divert advising tower no assistance was needed. After confirming a technical fault by the airline, passengers were rebooked as well. The aircraft is still on the ground in Boston about 53 hours after landing.