SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES

Bird strike sends Sun Country charter flight back to Fargo

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – There was a several-hour delay and later a cancellation Thursday for passengers on a Sun Country Airlines charter flight from Fargo to Laughlin, Nevada after a bird strike. Darren Anderson, Hector International Airport Assistant Director, estimated about a half dozen gulls struck the plane as it departed shortly after 8:30 a.m. Rory Jorgenson of West Fargo was…

Sun Country flight to Minneapolis returns to Las Vegas for ‘hard landing’

LAS VEGAS – No one was injured when an airplane heading from Las Vegas to Minneapolis returned early Friday for a “hard landing” with a landing gear malfunction at Harry Reid International Airport. Officials said the right main landing gear of Sun Country Airlines flight 110 collapsed when the Boeing 737 landed about 1:20 a.m. About 50 passengers and six…