A bird did this. Really.
And not some giant hulk of a bird. Just a regular bird.
The internal Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul was
making its descent to Nevsehir when it hit the creature, with the impact
folding the nose cone inwards.
Despite the damage, the Boeing 737-800 was landed safely and
no-one was hurt.
— Flight-Report ✈ (@flight_report) May 5, 2015
A spokesman for the airline said that collisions with birds
are actually fairly frequent.
‘The damage of the nose area (radome) by bird hit is a
common incident on civil aeronautical operations,’ said a spokesman for Turkish
Airlines.
‘The radome area of a plane is constructed of soft materials
to minimise the impact of such hits.
‘One can also state that the critical bird hits in aviation
are the ones that occur on the engine area. Any other area of the aircraft,
such as radome, wings and the hull, do not pose a risk by bird hit.’
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