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JetBlue A321 Aborts Takeoff at Saint Lucia After Bird Strike, Stranding Caribbean Passengers Aviation
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JetBlue A321 Aborts Takeoff at Saint Lucia After Bird Strike, Stranding Caribbean Passengers

Bird strike aborts JetBlue Flight 882 takeoff at Saint Lucia's Hewanorra Airport, stranding passengers overnight at the single-runway Caribbean gateway.

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