US EditionBird Strike tears nose off Iberia plane
MADRID, SPAIN, AUG 3 – Flight IB579 returned safely after a bird strike damaged the nose radome and engine, with no injuries reported and emergency protocols successfully followed, Iberia said.
- The Airbus A321XLR operating IB579, registration EC-OOJ, collided with a large bird shortly after departing Madrid-Barajas, prompting an emergency return.
- Bird strikes present an ongoing risk to commercial aviation, and despite measures like bird dispersal systems and monitoring, airports worldwide cannot fully eliminate large birds.
- Diagnostic images revealed the radome suffered extensive damage with parts falling off the Airbus A321XLR and affected one engine, causing smoke to enter the cabin.
- Immediately following the emergency landing, all passengers disembarked without incident and received assistance from Iberia staff.
- Amid broader safety concerns, Iberia has not confirmed how long the aircraft will remain grounded but the nose section will require significant inspection and repair.
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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.
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