Bird crash clips Oprah's wings

There are only a few things that can ground the high-flying Oprah Winfrey (such as a few extra pounds at various chub times). Now add a dead bird to the few forces that can induce a little gravity time for the stratospheric media mogul.
Said dead avian, of unspecified species, was struck by Oprah's Gulfstream jet Monday afternoon soon after its takeoff from the Santa Barbara airport, causing a crack in the windshield that forced an immediate return to the tarmac, reports The Associated Press.
Neither Oprah nor her longtime beauman, Stedman Graham, was hurt in the aircraft-bird collision, which a fire department spokesman described as "not a totally unusual thing."