Aer Lingus flight forced to make emergency landing after bird strike

An Aer Lingus spokesperson told the Irish Examiner: 'The aircraft landed safely at Dublin Airport and all customers and crew safely disembarked'. Picture: Larry Cummins

An Aer Lingus flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird strike reportedly struck one of its engines on Thursday afternoon.

Flight EII23 from Dublin to Chicago had taken off from the North runway shortly after 12 pm, but was forced to make a u-turn to carry out an emergency landing.