After the clash, alerts by fire and use of masks and the Airbus A321 had to return to Barajas airport.
An Iberia plane that was going to Madrid to Paris had to return urgently to the airport of Barajas After impacting with a vulture In full flight. The collision severely damaged the Airbus A321 tube and activated a Fire alert. Despite the emergency, no injuries were recorded.
The incident occurred this Sunday, a few minutes after 10 in the morning. He Flight 579 De Iberia took off normally, but soon the pilot requested permission to return after suffering a impact with a bird that destroyed the front cone of the plane.
According to official reports, it was a vulture who crashed fully against the Airbus tube, damaging the structure that protects the radar. Spanish media reported that after the coup a warning for possible fire in an enginewhich forced the crew to ask passengers to use oxygen masks.
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One of the passengers related in networks: “At that time we could not know well what happened because there was a lot of smoke. The eyes and nose burned. It became very difficult to be able to breathe normally.”
The pilot managed to return safely to the track 32L from Barajas, where an emergency operation was expected. Between takeoff and landing they passed just 23 minutes.
The ship was evacuated and declared out of service For structural damage. Iberia relocated passengers on another flight so that they could continue their trip to Paris.
They had already warned for the danger of vultures near airports in Spain
In April, the Real Aero Club of Spain (Race) He published a report in which he warned of the risk that represents the presence of vultures in areas near airports.
The entity warned that clashes with these birds are increasing and asked local authorities urgent measures To avoid major consequences.
According to the document, the highest frequency of aerial incidents is linked to the sustained growth of the population of vultures in different regions of the country.
“There is a growing fear in the aeronautical community in the face of this danger, while the authorities seem to underestimate it,” said the report, which remarked that The probability and severity of these episodes will increase If it doesn’t act.
Source: Ambito
