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updated 8:18 a.m. ET Dec. 27, 2005

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Oprah Winfrey’s private jet was forced to return to the city airport after its windshield was cracked in a collision with a bird, officials said.

Winfrey and her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, were not hurt in the incident, which occurred around 12:30 p.m. Monday just after the GulfStream jet had taken off from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, said Santa Barbara Fire Department spokesman John Ahlman.

“This is not a totally unusual thing,” Ahlman said of the cracked windshield. “We see these things pretty frequently.”

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The plane will remain grounded until its windshield can be repaired, Ahlman said.

Winfrey bought a mansion on 42 acres of land in the hills of nearby Montecito five years ago. The host of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” has won several Emmys and other awards for her work on daytime television.