A flight from LaGuardia Airport to North Carolina was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday evening due to a reported bird strike, according to American Airlines.

An American Airlines flight out of LaGuardia Airport on Thursday was forced to make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport due to a reported bird strike, the airline said.

An American Airlines flight safely landed at JFK after a bird strike disabled an engine.

Bird strike disables a jetliner engine and forces an emergency landing at JFK airport In this Friday Jan. 25, 2019, file photo is the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

A bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the plane’s two engines shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, forcing the flight to turn around and ...

An American Airlines flight departing New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday evening had to divert to nearby John F. Kennedy International shortly after takeoff after a reported bird strike ...

An American Airlines flight safely landed at JFK after a bird strike disabled an engine.

Bird strike disables a jetliner engine and forces an emergency landing at JFK airport No one was injured in the incident involving Flight 1722, which took off from LaGuardia heading to Charlotte ...

Thursday’s bird strike was similar to the one that caused a US Airways jet that hit a flock of birds on Jan. 15, 2009, to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River, the AP reported.