Plane Aborts Takeoff After Bird Flies Into Engine At LaGuardia Airport

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A bird flew into the engine of a taxiing American Airlines jet at LaGuardia Airport Friday morning.

Flight 2266 to Miami returned to the gate to be checked out.

The incident happened at around 7:30 a.m. and forced the plane to abort their planned takeoff.

The plane returned to the gate and a mechanic checked out the engine.

Although the bird was ingested, it didn't damage the core of the engine. The plane was cleared by a maintenance crew and took off at 8:22 a.m.

No injuries were reported.