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Iberia flight IB 579 from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY) was struck by a bird upon takeoff and was forced to return to the airport. The radome (the aircraft’s nose cone) suffered extensive damage with parts of it falling off of the Airbus A321XLR.
The bird first struck the radome before being pulled into the left hand engine and damaging the fan blades. The aircraft was taken out of service and towed away about 25 minutes after landing. The aircraft is only two months old and will need to be repaired and inspected before returning to service. No passenger or crew were reported as injured during this ordeal.
Anthony’s Take: Thankfully, no one was hurt (aside from the poor bird) and the pilots did a great job of safely landing the aircraft. Iberia flies to Paris many times a day, so passengers had ways to be accommodated.
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