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SLO flight makes emergency landing after bird strike

San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport runway 11-29 seen from the cockpit of an EcoFlight aircraft on Sept. 18, 2024.
San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport runway 11-29 seen from the cockpit of an EcoFlight aircraft on Sept. 18, 2024. dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com

A flight leaving the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport was forced to turn around and conduct an emergency landing Saturday after a bird strike.

According to Cal Fire’s X account, the department was alerted at around 2:30 p.m. of a bird strike that caused damage to a plane after leaving the Airport.

The plane landed safely back in SLO, and no injures were reported, the X post read.

Cal Fire conducted a full emergency response, it said on its X account, and remained on the scene for assistance following the plane landing.

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