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Incident: Iberia A359 at Madrid on Oct 27th 2021, bird strike

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An Iberia Airbus A350-900, registration EC-NDR performing flight IB-6586 from Bogota (Colombia) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was on final approach to Madrid's runway 32L descending through about 1000 feet AGL when a vulture impacted the aircraft's nose. The aircraft continued for a safe landing about 90 seconds later. The aircraft's nose was cracked with the dead vulture trapped. (avherald.com) More...

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ADXbear
ADXbear 4
Poor Bird...
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jeffinsydney
jeff slack 0
yeah, put a fork in it
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bigkahuna400
bigkahuna400 1
Better the nose cone (cheap replacement part) than a $10M engine !! Looks like the Bird took one for the team !!
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