#aircraft-incident

#aircraft-incident

A major catastrophe was avoided by feet. Had it been another five feet lower, eight feet, I mean, no more than 10 feet, that plane would have been all over the New Jersey Turnpike.

The captain told passengers, 'This is the flight crew. If anybody heard that thud, we hit a coyote,' shortly after takeoff.

Both the aviators safely ejected and were rescued by an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter. The aviators were evaluated by medical personnel and assessed to have minor injuries.