VP Pence’s Plane Returns To Airport After Bird Strike

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says Vice President Mike Pence’s airplane struck a bird on takeoff in New Hampshire, causing the pilot to return to the airport out of caution. Pence was flying home to Washington from a campaign event Tuesday at an airport hangar in Gilford. When Air Force Two took off from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, it struck a bird. A senior administration official said the vice president and his entourage weren’t in danger. The official wasn’t authorized to address the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Pence ended up flying home on a cargo aircraft that the Secret Service uses to transport his vehicles during his travel.