Lufthansa flight LH1820, an Airbus A320, suffered a bird strike while descending through 5000 feet towards Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain.
The bird, identified as a Cinereous vulture, became wedged between the nose cone and the pount where the cone it attached to the fuselage. The aircraft landed safely on runway 24L at 12:00 hours local time.
Credit: Aviation Safety
Ouch. That is one bad bird collision.
Doesn’t look very graphic, that’s what I would expect a bird hitting a plane to look like
It depends what people feel is graphic
That’s a big bird!
Yikes, very unfortunate.
I thought this was a bit bizarre…I mean that’s one honking big bird lol
Compared to deathwish strikes like albatross, it’s not that large.
That’s interesting.
I wonder what kind of bird that is. It can’t be a waterfowl because it doesn’t have webbed feet.
Sad for both the plane and the bird
Oh no! Thank God the bird didn’t go into the engine 🙏
RIP bird.
Its funny how much they dent an airplane when they hit.
And they say birds have sharp eyes. Zzz. x__x
@Narroc_Wim The bird was a Cinereous vulture
No offence but this is actually kinda funny
Birds do have sharp eyes. They just can’t perceive speed as well as us humans do. They can perceive speeds of up to ~30 mph but they decide not to move because they think they have time to move by the time it gets there, which is obviously not true.
Planes are so strong oml
Lol ikr??? That bird whammies the nose with blood and gore and everything and the pilots just landed it the aircraft like it was any old day
Ahaha theyre just so strong like u can almost throw anything at them and they can keep flying 😂 Its crazy how well aircraft are made
