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A flock of birds perforates an airplane wing

Tokyo, Japan - And it causes dents on the pod

A Boeing 767 of Air Do Japanese airline had a clash against a flock of birds during a night flight from Tokyo to the Northern city of Sapporo. The collision, which happened shortly before the start of landing manoeuvre, caused a hole on a wing and several dents on the airplane’s pod, which makes presume it was a flock of remarkable-sized birds. Apart from the dents, the aircraft did not have any p...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 141088
Rome, Italy, 05/18/2006 12:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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