Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Bird Strike

— -- A Delta flight from New York to Nashville, Tennessee, made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon in West Virginia because of a bird strike.

In a statement issued by Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, Delta CRJ9 Flight 4071 from New York’s LaGuardia Airport was en route to Nashville when the plane experienced a bird strike that cracked the windshield.

As a result, the plane was diverted to Yeager Airport, the airport said.

The plane carried 57 people. No injuries were reported, according to the airport.