A Ryanair plane lands in Barcelona after colliding with a bird
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The aircraft had just taken off when the bird collided with an engine and landing gear.
United Nations plane of the company Ryanair was forced this Wednesday to land again at El Prat Airport shortly after taking off. The reason: the device collided with a bird. The bird impacted one of the aircraft’s engines and its landing gear.
The collision, according to the Twitter account @FlightradarCAT, had reached a height of 6,000 feet and crossed the vertical of Barcelona, emitting a sound that indicated that something usual had happened.
Estic investigant que pasa amb aquest Ryanair that s’just d’enlairar del Prat airport, has created the vertical of Barcelona to 6000 constant peus and sonava molt estrany. It could be a birdstrike and go back to the airport #transitaeri #transitaeriCatalunya pic.twitter.com/Rap1mgolHu
— Air Traffic of Catalonia (@FlightradarCAT) September 7, 2022
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The account has later confirmed that the device had collided with a bird, and has even specified that it had photos, although “not publishable”, of the incident. They also indicated that the plane was parked in Terminal 2, at a point where firefighters and airport command vehicles came.
Confirm birdstrike in a dels motors i tren d’aterratge davanter. The crew has declared an emergency and has demanded to land immediately. Tinc photos but they are not publishable
— Air Traffic of Catalonia (@FlightradarCAT) September 7, 2022
The plane’s crew will send the emergency to the airport after the crash and request to land immediately without the incident ending with more consequences than those suffered by the animal.