Iberia Airbus 320 to Paris returned to Barajas and had to perform a forced landing; No one is hurt
An Iberia airline Airbus 320 plane carried out an emergency landing at Barajas Airport, Spain, after colliding with birds during a flight departing from Madrid to Paris, France. The incident occurred on Sunday (3.ago.2025), according to information released by the Spanish newspaper The country this Monday (4.ago.2025).
The collision partially damaged the aircraft’s beak. The crew decided to return to the original airport right after identifying the problem. Iberia reported that the landing procedure has normally passed without compromising the plane’s operational capacity. “The landing occurred normally and no one was injured during the episode”declared the Spanish company to The country.
Despite the visible damage to the front structure of the plane, the company ensured that the return and landing operation was not impaired. The released images show the front of the Airbus 320 partially destroyed after the impact with the birds.
A new plane, the A321-253NY, operated by Iberia Airlines, had damages to its nose and one of its engine fans. The plane was flying from Spain to Paris when it hit a bird, causing the damages.
— Aviation (@Onyeabuo)
The incident happened during the takeoff from Barajas International Airport, when the aircraft began his trip to France. A passenger released images from inside the aircraft after the shock with the birds.
Flight Iberia 579 Madrid Paris, we had to bolver to Barajas to a landing of Emerrgence, iodine went well when we appreciated we collided a bird a bird
– Giancarlo Sandoval (@giancarlo_sndvl)
O Poder360 He sought the Iberia through email to ask if he would like to speak out about the accident. There was no answer until the publication of this report. The text will be updated if a demonstration is sent to this digital newspaper.
