Yikes! Glad they landed safely. Also glad that we are far far away from SkyHarbor
Sharppointy1, live here in Phoenix.

@Sharppointy1 - This pilot is a hero.

@Sharppointy1 - Hero? Ok yeah flying a plane at all would be way to stressful to me, but unless the plane was disabled in some way and the pilots had to fight it all the way back to the airport to keep it from falling the sky, then I think it's a stretch to call them "heros".
I'm no expert, but they probably could have made it all the way here and wouldn't have noticed the damage til they were on the ground.

"Pilot lands safely in Phoenix after bird strike"

Wow, first the postal strike in the UK and now the bird strike in Arizona!

I was on that same flight Sunday morning. No bird strikes but when we were flying over the southern tip of the Grand Canyon I looked down and saw another Southwest airplane right below us. It just seemed way too close, everyone started talking about it on our plane. It was just too close.

@Utefan121 - Planes are all on designated flight paths, and there was at least 250-500 feet of separation.

@Utefan121 - Above 25,000 ft the separation is no less than 1000ft.

@Utefan121 - Utefan. I bet it was one of those Condors below you.

"There were no reports of any injuries. "

Birds rarely report such things to the authorities, but I'm sure they did not survive.

@Darrell - Actually they do report injuries with a short "KA!"

@Darrell - Has Peta filed any lawsuits yet?

@Darrell - I hope it wasn't A Flock of Seagulls...I love those guys!

Come on KSL,
You write about a MD90 getting a bird strike, please post a picture of an MD90 to give your bloggers some idea of what kind of aircraft is involved. The aircraft you have a picture of does not fit your description.

@booboo1 - Most people really don't care if the plane in the photo is the same exact model unless it is reported as being the exact same plane. This is just a stock delta photo.
When there is a story about someone being arrested do you complain that the police car in the stock photo isn't the same model as the one used by the arresting officer?

@booboo1 - rideutah,
What is your point? This story is clearly about an MD90, this is the exact same plane used in the story; the picture does not match. If there was a story about a shooting, and a rifle was used, would a picture of a .45 suffice? After all, it still shoots bullets??? KSL would have footage of aircraft if they just took the time to research the make....what is the internet for??

@booboo1 - Unlike the average person with their non-professional blogs and whatnot, KSL.com can't just go snag an MD90 photo from the Google and plaster it up on their site. If they don't have a stock photo of an MD90, they use whatever similar plane photo they have. To the vast majority of people a passenger jet is a passenger jet.

@booboo1 - Hmmm...

There's no picture of the bird that was involved, but I get the picture anyway...

@booboo1 - do you get out much?

@booboo1 - Hi Mr. Flibble,
I am still of the opinion that KSL should place a photo on line relevant to the story. You state that, "Unlike the average person with their non-professional blogs and whatnot, KSL.com can't just go snag an MD90 photo from the Google and plaster it up on their site. If they don't have a stock photo of an MD90, they use whatever similar plane photo they have. To the vast majority of people a passenger jet is a passenger jet". If this was a story about a sex offender or a piece of low life, would you like it if KSL used your picture in the story in place of the offender because yours was a generic picture which just happened to be 'on file'?? I think from my statement, you would now agree that accurate reporting is important; nothing is left to chance.

@booboo1 - How can you actually think a photo of a random person tossed up to represent some sex offender is the same thing? One is wanton defamation of a person's character, the other is using a stock photo of an object. What I think from your statement is that you are severely lacking in common sense.

What do they mean no reports of injuries? What about the birds?

This is why we're pushing that all planes be grounded near airports and bird flight pathways! We need more birds. Hey if you want to get anywhere - take a bike!

PETA -

@pms - I agree, we can't have airplanes flying around airports. (By the way, this is a joke.)

@pms - so is this!!

@pms - Dirtman, back off now. You do realize you're talking to PMS right?

@pms - Not birds "pms"...Bees. We need more bees.

@pms - that all planes be grounded at the airports ??? did i mis understand you ?? a-i-r-p-o-r-t-s-
a-i-r-p-l-a-n-e-s- its what they do its why the airport is there ( ok bob lets tell pms here what the booby prise is for the most inteligent person on the planet award is is a box of rocks WOW !!!!!!!!! think about the comment go back read it PMS

pms, do you take a bike everywhere?

Everywhere! Try it it does wonders for oneself! And no i don't own a car!!

@pms - What do you do when it snows??

I believe it does too. Just curious. Too many people talk the talk but never actually walk the walk...

@4TI2D - You know, if everyone lived like you do, and had the same lifestyle, then it might work. Unfortunately, many people don't live like you do. (And yes, I own a bike too).

@4TI2D - my bike got stolen, sad sad day

I r e a l l y h o p e t h a t t h e y a r e s a f e.

The avian war continues. They have troops in the air at all time, and even though our planes are larger than their feathery planes, we are occasionally reminded that this is a war to the death. These warriors with beaks will not stop. They are relentless. Their goal is our total extermination. We must defeat these terrorist birds. We must be ever vigilant. The department of airspace security has raised the threat level to white, which means there is an extreme chance of bird terrorist droppings and kamikaze missions.

(This comment was written in a grammar font known as "FOX news 9/11 mentality" grammar font).

Has the name of the pilot been released? Kudos to the pilot.

Ah, the pilots probably slept thru the whole thing.

@Outspoken - At least they weren't playing on their laptops.....

lookng down and seeing another airplane is normal ever heard of highways in the sky its like saying that the car next you on the freeway is to close wow
yeah so anyway yeah there is proper seperation coming and going 500 ft to 250 depending which direction realax and have a martini ........

So that was why some lady (Who I later found out was a newscaster for KTVX) asked me if I was on the Phoenix flight and after I said no, she asked me if I knew which baggage carousel their baggage would be coming out of. Glad to hear everyone is okay.

Considering the MD-90s for Delta are based out of Salt Lake City, as are their flight crews, there is no excuse why KSL doesn't have photos of em. Long live the Mad Dogs!

Oh and Delta does not fly any 777's into Salt Lake. (What is pictured in the photo) The largest aircraft they do fly into Salt Lake is the 767-400.

Birdy birdy in the sky, "Boy I'm glad Cows don't fly"...

"And on today's flight we'll be serving fresh roasted duck..."

@JBrazee - Why isn't there a "Ha ha NOT FUNNY" option on this vote thing?

I'm surprised animal rights groups haven't tried to ground airplanes with all the bird strikes. Then everyone will be riding Amtrak until too many cows get struck by trains.

While not a Capt.Sully seems like the captain did a pretty good job.The jet must have been at a high altitude,what were birds doing that high.Something needs to be done about these birds on airport approaches.Let the animal rights people scream all they want.If it were to happen again at La Guardia the outcome might not be the same as it was with Sully.

@Larry S. - We need to have bird patrol, any illegal birds crossing paths with planes need to be shot on sight or escorted to their place of origin or Mexico.

Get enough birds and make a lovely jacket to wear to the PETA convention.

to utefan121 -- a few years ago i was returning from san diego, and somewhere in the area of las vegas i also saw a southwest plan that was WAYYY too close. almost could tell the color of the pilot's eyes... (well not quite that) i didn't remember the "rules" of how close so i kept watching for it. the space required when at altitude is 1 mile vertically and 3 miles horizontally. sounds like there was no where near that amount for your flight, too.