Unbelievable images show damage to plane after a BIRD STRIKE… but somehow the pilot landed safely
Extraordinary images show the extent of damage and the pulverised bodies of the birds inside the stricken plane
A JET airliner suffered severe damage to its nose just metres from the pilot's cockpit after striking a flock of birds head on.
Pictures have emerged showing the crumpled nose of a Boeing 737 following the dramatic midair impact yesterday.
The Badr Airlines flight J4341 had just taken off from Ad Damazeen to Khartoum International Airport.
But amazingly the pilot managed to land safely despite the fact the front of his plane was smashed in.
Photographs taken afterwards show the birds' blasted carcasses inside the plane.
Just a couple of weeks ago, British Airways flight was forced to return to Heathrow after suffering suspected engine failure with an onlooker reporting flames coming from an engine after a reported bird strike.
The Boeing 777 turned back minutes after taking off from the West London airport.
The day before that a packed Japan Airlines plane bound for New York narrowly avoided disaster this morning after hitting a bird shortly after take-off.
Shocking images showed the left engine engulfed in flames as the plane left the runway.
Statistics for UK bid strikes are unavailable.
But in the US alone there have been 24 deaths between 1990 and 2013, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
During that same period there were 279 recorded injuries.
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