It's something of a David vs Goliath situation - a bird hit can put a plane seriously out of action, as passengers on an EgyptAir flight discovered first hand on March 11.
The plane, with over 70 passengers on board, was left with a gaping hole after it suffered a bird strike while landing at Heathrow Airport, reports The Telegraph.
Startling pictures, posted by Amir Hashim who works as a Senior Procurement Specialist at EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering, detail the extent of the damage caused to the Boeing 737-800 aircraft after it was hit by the bird on its nose cone.
The plane, flying from Cairo, was landing at Heathrow when the incident occurred. However, the aircraft made a safe landing and no one was hurt, reports The Telegraph.
"During the landing of EgyptAir flight number MS779, which took off from Cairo International Airport on Friday afternoon heading to London, a bird strike caused a slight deformation to the front part of the aircraft," a spokesperson for EgyptAir told Evening Standard. "Nothing serious took place or affected the safety of both passengers and crew, the jet landed safely at the airport."
According to the The Aviation Herald, the aircraft was grounded for about 21 hours before returning to Cairo.
The plane, with over 70 passengers on board, was left with a gaping hole after it suffered a bird strike while landing at Heathrow Airport, reports The Telegraph.
Startling pictures, posted by Amir Hashim who works as a Senior Procurement Specialist at EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering, detail the extent of the damage caused to the Boeing 737-800 aircraft after it was hit by the bird on its nose cone.
#Egyptair 737-866, 12MAR16SU-GDZ operating yesterday evening's MS779 arrival suffered a bird strike on approach. The...
Posted by Amir Hashim on Saturday, 12 March 2016
The plane, flying from Cairo, was landing at Heathrow when the incident occurred. However, the aircraft made a safe landing and no one was hurt, reports The Telegraph.
"During the landing of EgyptAir flight number MS779, which took off from Cairo International Airport on Friday afternoon heading to London, a bird strike caused a slight deformation to the front part of the aircraft," a spokesperson for EgyptAir told Evening Standard. "Nothing serious took place or affected the safety of both passengers and crew, the jet landed safely at the airport."
According to the The Aviation Herald, the aircraft was grounded for about 21 hours before returning to Cairo.
EgyptAir Flight #MS779 suffered a bird strike on approach to London Heathrow Airport on Friday. pic.twitter.com/lbIdWl8zAW
- Air Disasters (@AirCrashMayday) March 13, 2016
Egypt air suffered a bird strike causing 30cm hole in the plane @vargasmoni pic.twitter.com/zuDmePyqpz
- Amer (@amermustafa) March 13, 2016
737 vs bird #Egyptair #airkill #avgeek pic.twitter.com/IrpqQYZ9Ch
- Paul clare (@paul_clare) March 11, 2016
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