The Boeing 757 had just taken off for San Francisco on Tuesday when the bird strike happened.
McCarthy did not know if the engine that was hit had stopped operating. She said the pilot's decision to return to the airport was a precaution.
A US Airways jet splash-landed in New York's Hudson River on Jan. 15 after a collision with a flock of birds knocked out both engines. All 155 aboard survived.
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