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[quote=Anonymous]I am still so upset. I took a recent flight from Providence to DC and we hit a flock of birds. We didn't know that though. All I knew was 15 minutes into the flight, the flight attendance is telling us we need to make an emergency landing, and we needed to prepare to brace for impact. I was in an exit row, so he came over to us to go over instructions for emergency evaluation. For 8 minutes he is running up and down the aisle and reminding us that we are landing imminently, and prepare to brace for impact.

I texted my son that I loved him and we were having an emergency landing. He called back within 10 seconds and was completely unhinged. I just told him what they were saying, and he was telling me to brace as hard as I could.

Only just before we landed did the flight attendant come back and tell us (in the emergency row) it was a bird strike but we had both engines. So we landed back in Providence without incident.

I was shaking when I exited the flight and took 15 minutes to process what happened. Naturally, by the time I got back up to rebook, there was nothing. I ended up having to fly down to Charlotte and back to DC.

I don't understand why the announcement is not "We hit a flock of birds, and we'll have to return to the airport. We do not know there has been any damage, but in the event there were damage, I'm going to go through emergency procedures."

I have not slept well since this incident. For 10 minutes I thought I was going to die, and it's simply because of the way this was announced.
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