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Bird Strike tears nose off Iberia plane
- An Iberia aircraft traveling from Madrid to Paris experienced a bird strike shortly after take-off on August 3, resulting in significant damage and an emergency landing.
- No injuries were reported among passengers or crew, who landed safely at Barajas Airport around 5:05 PM.
- Iberia confirmed the aircraft will be inspected and repaired in accordance with aviation safety regulations following the bird strike incident.
- The airline arranged a replacement flight for passengers, who received assistance without incident after following all emergency protocols.
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An Airbus passenger plane has been grounded after suffering extensive damage from a bird strike during takeoff from a Spanish airport, the Daily Mail reports.
An Iberia airline aircraft, which covered the route between Madrid and Paris, returned of emergency to the airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas after impacting head-on against a large bird, minutes after the take-off.The event occurred on Sunday afternoon, around 6:30 p.m., when flight 579 took off from Barajas and, shortly after, suffered a frontal impact that affected the front cone and one of the aircraft's engines.The pilot activated the saf…
An Iberia plane, which was flying from Madrid to Paris on Sunday evening, had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff after it collided with birds in mid-air, suffering major damage to the front end.
Passengers in 'sheer panic' after holiday flight severely damaged by huge bird
Passengers suffered oxygen shortages after a serious bird strike left the plane filled with smoke with the front of the craft seriously damaged. One woman said she 'couldn't breathe' as the chaos unfolded
Shortly after the launch in Madrid, a large bird strikes an Airbus at a height of two kilometres. An engine is damaged, the cabin is filled with smoke. 182 passengers pass through for a few minutes until the emergency landing.
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