Credit: Ocean County Scanner News ATLANTIC CITY - A Spirit Airlines flight at Atlantic City Airport was aborted on Saturday after officials say a large bird struck one of its engines as the plane was accelerating for takeoff and sparked a fire.
Flight 3044 heading to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport stopped before leaving the ground after a "large bird entered one of the planes engines," a Spirit Airlines spokesperson said.
The plane was brought to a stop and safely evacuated, according to officials.MORE HEADLINESPassengers were bussed back to the terminal and received a full refund, a travel voucher and the option to board another flight to Fort Lauderdale.In a tweet, New Jersey Gov.