American Airlines Jet Strikes Bird Cockpit
American Airlines Jet Strikes Bird, Cockpit Windshield Shattered An American Airlines flight encountered one of the most terrifying things a plane could go through mid-flight -- one of its windows started looking like a spider web ... and it happened in the cockpit, no less. the culprit for the cracked windshield is believed to be a bird that came into contact while in the air. Mystery solved, or so it seems.