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The pilots landed at Henderson Field about 5:40 p.m. after finding a "major crack" on the windshield, the airline said. The plane hit two birds as it landed, damaging brookings oregon hotel coupon discount one of the jet's wing flaps, USFW officials said.
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"I just wanted to let them know where they were and little bit about Midway," Klavitter said. "I felt like if I were in their shoes, it would be helpful to know where I just landed. And maybe it would help to relieve some of the anxiety. And they seemed to be pretty receptive."
When the replacement jet arrived about eight hours after the first jet landed, the passengers boarded the new plane, using a wooden extension built that night by the refuge's carpenter, because the only set of plane-boarding stairs wasn't tall enough to reach the 747, Schulmeister said.
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