A flight of the Spanish airline Vueling, which took off Wednesday morning from Ben Gurion Airport, was forced to return after a small bird crashed into the windshield of the plane – shattering it.
The bird created a small hole and cracks in the windshield, which required the plane to return to Ben Gurion Airport. After its arrival, the plane was grounded until repaired.
The shattered windshield of the plane,
According to estimates, the bird that hit the plane is extremely small and weighs only about 11 grams. Encounters between planes and birds are a very common phenomenon that occurs in almost every large airport, including Ben Gurion Airport, where there is a unit that deals with preventing these encounters using various methods.
It is important to emphasize that there was no danger to the lives of the passengers or crew and there was no fear of the plane crashing.
No danger was recorded. cockpit, inside
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