An Iberia flight was forced to return to Madrid after colliding with a bird shortly after taking off. The plan had departed ...

About 90 per cent of bird strikes occur near airports - during takeoff, landing, or low-altitude flight - according to the ...

Yesterday, a Paris-bound Airbus A321XLR operating a flight for Spanish flag carrier Iberia was forced to return to its point ...

An Iberia Airbus A321XLR that was delivered to the airline just over a month ago was damaged during a flight to Paris when ...

A PACKED holiday plane was left with a smashed nose and damaged engine after hitting a large bird midair – forcing 182 ...

A newly delivered Airbus A321XLR from Iberia was damaged after colliding with birds shortly after takeoff from Madrid-Barajas ...

An Iberia Airbus A321XLR hit a bird on August 3, 2025, damaging its nose and engine on flight IB579 to Paris, forcing a safe ...

Striking images circulated online revealed the aircraft's front severely crushed, featuring a large hole in the nose cone ...

Iberia reported that its Airbus A321XLR struck a large bird shortly after takeoff from Madrid, causing severe engine damage and smoke in the cabin.

Iberia Airbus A321XLR suffers bird strike, returns to Madrid's Barajas Airport after takeoff. Damage to nose radome and weather radar antenna reported.

An Iberia flight from Madrid to Paris was forced to turn around after suffering significant bird-strike damage shortly after ...