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A TUI Airways flight traveling from Wales to Cyprus had to make an emergency landing on Sunday, Sept. 28

The plane experienced a bird strike — a collision between the aircraft and a bird — shortly after takeoff

The flight was rerouted to Birmingham Airport following the incident

A TUI Airways plane traveling from Wales to Cyprus was forced to make an emergency landing due to a bird strike shortly after takeoff.

Flight TOM 6754 was departing Cardiff Airport for Paphos, Cyprus, when the incident, which involved a collision between the aircraft and a bird, occurred at around 4:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 28, the U.K. newspaper The Mirror and the BBC reported.

A TUI spokesperson said in a statement to PEOPLE, "There was a bird strike after takeoff and the diver

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