[Greenpointer]

Yes, I said early on yesterday that it could have been caused by birds. The runway 22R goes right over the marshland preserve.

Known problem I think.

A flock of migrating Canadian geese maybe? I think full grown they are around 14 lbs apiece.

[FITZ]

In just 3 minutes after takeoff, many birds were encountered and sucked into the engine and that brought the plane down.