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Turkish football club's plane lands after bird strike

Ersin Çelik
12:4019/10/2016, Wednesday
U: 19/10/2016, Wednesday
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No injuries reported after Fenerbahce squad's aircraft forced to land in Hungary en route to U.K. Europa League fixture

A flight carrying Istanbul's Fenerbahce football squad made an emergency landing in Hungary on Wednesday after experiencing a bird strike.



A statement by the club said the team's flight landed at Budapest airport en route to the U.K. where Fenerbahce are due to play Manchester United in a Europa League match on Thursday.



No injuries were reported and the club said a replacement aircraft had departed from Turkey to take the players to their destination.





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