Bird Strike Crushes Nose Of Air France Airbus A350 In Osaka

An Air France service between Osaka and Paris was forced to turn back after a bird strike damaged its nose cone on May 28th. Flight AF291 declared an emergency and returned to Osaka Kansai Airport less than three hours into its 12-hour journey after the flight deck crew noticed a technical malfunction with the Airbus A350-900's weather radar and speedometer.
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[@johnkane1898]

As an aircraft structures Sheetmetal Mech, I have done major repairs for bird strikes. One a SW 737 the obviously large bird went through the radome nose and done severe damage to the structural pressurized thick bulkhead aft of it. That aircraft was out of service for weeks. Was a very challenging area to work due to access to replace and repair the bulkhead section and stiffeners etc

[@franklinsternberg4528]

Many years ago whilst departing POA to MVD a bird strike occurred during take-off, before V1. The aircraft immediately aborted take-off ( quite different braking, as a matter of fact), and returned safely to the gate. No one was injured, but made several pax very nervous (not me, I found it quite thrilling, as a matter of fact).

[@mq46312]

That's one nasty dent 😅

[@forty94u]

Yeah, but the good news it will still operate

[@theasian5496]

i was actually in Osaka waiting to board the plane back to SFO when this happened and i saw this plane when we taxiied for takeoff

[@minti1962]

was it a pterodactyl ? look at the size of the dent !

[@MarkUKInsects]

In other news, Sesame Street have reported that Big Bird has gone missing while on holiday in Japan. He was last reported riding a thermal at 10,000 feet somewhere near Osaka.

[@atiku_7776]

It doesn't looks a serious damage on the nose, but the damage can affect the Flow of air over it's airframe during flight.

[@dogukantosun5547]

They had problems with radar and Pitot tubes, which is serious. If there was only structural damage, I think the pilots would have continued the flight without even realizing the situation. The fuel consumption of the airplane would increase too.

[@Progamerj175]

2:50 on that same day I was to Travel to New York and I thought my flight would be cancelled but luckily they reopened the runway and I had a safe flight

[@crazylife726]

That looks like how I once dented someone's car door when a gust of wind caught the door when I opened it

[@tigerchuu2148]

While yes, the bird cause the damage, the nose most likely did not get this damaged by only the bird. It’s most likely a combination of bird strike initially weakening or destroying the structure along with the nose caving in because of pressure

[@ccudmore]

That'll buff right out

[@Hanging_Chad]

As an expert on the subject, I can conclude it hit a pterodactyl whilst trying to avoid Godzilla.

[@explorenaked]

OMG I was going to say they hit a pterodactyl but you made it way more funny!!!

[@rogerpenske2411]

Big Foot, too

[@alexselchow]

that damage doesn’t actually look too bad, nosecones aren’t made ofthick material by design and it doesn’t look that deep. weather radar issues also make sense

[@kevingreen920]

Any damage to pitot static system is serious , On any aircraft .

[@alexselchow]

@@kevingreen920 i’m not saying it’s not serious, it is. it looks more violent than maybe it actually is

[@camf7522]

2:07 Air France A350 Why fly past suitable diverts with unknown damage and loss of airspeed? It would be interesting to know how the impact the collapsed radome had on fuel flow.

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Good point. There's too much of this returning-to-base-rather-than-a-diversion for my liking.

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

That's one hell of a BOOP

[@LPM147]

Uncle Si: Nah, it'll buff right out.

[@davidhynd4435]

"Bird strikes are widespread in aviation." No surprise, really, given how widespread birds are.

[@cellpat2686]

1:43 - "minor dent" on the nosecone. Hmm.....

[@neilpickup237]

Well, that wouldn't have done the aerodynamics any good!

[@woutergijs5246]

I do remember when an airport official stopped traffic crossing Mae Hong Son runway to allow the ATR’s to land. And he always had some stones to throw at dogs to chase them away.

[@machintrucGaming]

at 35000 feet ? What kinda of bird was that ?

[@TiboandChexic]

The common crane can fly up to 33000 ft, but Rüppell's griffon vultures were recorded to fly up to 37000 ft :) Probably migrating 🥚

[@johniii8147]

Damn birds. Happens all the time.

[@shrimpflea]

Seriously, what do those birds think they're doing flying around in the sky like that.

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

Never experience a bird strike in my life

[@paulinejackson5861]

Again, Airbus demonstrating how its engineering is inadequate

[@mrmusic1880]

The most beautiful airoplane ruined😢

[@well-blazeredman6187]

No Comet was damaged.

[@andrewdrone]

No 747 was ruined, don't worry :P

[@ant2312]

yes A350 the best looking plane

[@shrimpflea]

@@ant2312 that one isn't anymore

[@heidirabenau511]

​@@andrewdrone you haven't seen the Cargolux 747 landings in Luxembourg recently?

[@Mark-uh7cr]

With so many birds in and around airports, I don't see why there aren't many more bird strikes occurring.

[@tpr1808]

So it took them a while to notice, wow

[@kartik_sinha]

How would they see the damage in the nose of the plane ? They only came back when they noticed radars arn't working which means that something has broken

[@tpr1808]

@@kartik_sinha That's the noticing I'm talking about

[@sophiaspalding3252]

I was one of the passengers on this flight and the way Air France handled this was awful. After landing back in Osaka we were stuck on the plane for over two hours before being sent to a random hotel over an hour away from the airport with no form of transportation to get back to the airport when we needed it. I’ll never travel with them again after this. Also yeah we didn’t feel anything or hear anything but we were just told we had to fly back to Osaka with no further information until a friend sent us an article about the bird at take off.

[@sophiaspalding3252]

The reason we were stuck on the plane was so long was because the authorities were checking the procedures. We were also delayed leaving as well which I’m not sure why as they never told us.

[@LoveDiveChannel]

Ouch...

[@Jayfive276]

*BONK.*

[@phillm156]

Bird strike at 35k ft? What type of birds fly at that altitude? Never had a "bird strike" but I did experience a "bird swipe" when a seagull swiped my churro on Hermosa beach.

[@ant2312]

it didn't say that the strike was at 35,000 ft

[@dave4shmups]

I never have experienced one. What kind of bird could do that much damage to the nose cone of an A350? I would think it have to be a pretty big bird!

[@igbatious]

When traveling at a high speed, even a small object will have enough kinetic energy to cause a lot of damage. Picture a bullet. Tiny object at high speed has very high energy.

[@dave4shmups]

@@igbatious True.

[@prowlus]

what kind of bird hit it ? A Teratorn?

[@corcaightowner8881]

Design fault? That does not look like a bird strike, at all.

[@wadehiggins1114]

Not surprised, boeing lover

[@olafrohwer3482]

a MINOR dent

[@Zunkar1]

Must be a big bird

[@mcpeyton4212]

Like the one in the song by the B52s ? 😎

[@forgotten_world]

This is not a bird strike, this is nothing like it. Given the extensive damage to the nose cone and consequent fault operation of critical instruments, it is certain that it occurred at the altitude reported by the crew: 35 thousand feet MSL. The fact that the operating airplane was stopped at the runway for inspection, away from the terminal, suggest that they known it was no bird strike.

[@aquaden8344]

Have you been there at 35 thousand feet and watched it happen? It could be as well a bird hitting the left side of the radome and the debris getting tangled up in the flight sensors? The damaged radome then collapsed completely due to the high speed at 35k feet. It's too early for premature conclusions (take a second look at the shape of the radome, left side pushed in, right side pushed out).

[@TiboandChexic]

@Theodore Olson the Rüppell's griffon vulture was recorded flying up to 37000 ft

[@ant2312]

@Theodore Olson the video never stated that the strike happened at 35,000 ft

[@forgotten_world]

No bird flies too high above ground, the birds that fly this high only do it over mountain ranges, not over common ground, not this high. There are no birds this high in that location. Also, there's no blood in the radome, no signs of any marks left by bones or feathers, as is common with bird strikes. No bird strike do this kind of damage to the radome of a large aircraft, do not expect anyone to tell the public what really happened there.

[@forgotten_world]

@@ant2312 The video says that the cabin crew noticed the issue at 35 thousand feet, what the video don't tell you is that it's impossible to fly a plane this type and do not notice the alarms ringing since it is without AWR and altimeter.

[@stevesmoneypit6137]

Did they find the bird 🤔

[@chakraborty1989]

Something not right with the narrative they are going through.

[@sequoia7239]

Oshi no ko 😂

[@hurryingdoor7435]

chubby bird

[@LongHaulPilot]

Knuckle sandwich

[@alexanderanthonyraja.1719]

In jesus name nothing injuries will happen but if a bird hits a flight should not apply sudden brake keep as usual running the flight and pray to living God jesus Christ jesus will save every body in flight and flight thankyou God bless you

[@stephanelarroque5394]

It is not a bird strike ….

[@Peanutus]

bet if this was boeing the airbus fanboys would jump out and scream how boeing is bad

[@crazylife726]

I have reason to believe your correct

[@andrewdrone]

Yep, waiting to see how Damsom will spin this lol

[@ant2312]

the fact that you bring airbus fans in to it shows that you're as bad

[@Peanutus]

i like aircraft of both manufacturers; with personal favorites being the 764 and a346 however the issue of airbus fans just jumping out on boeing videos is very annoying

[@andrewdrone]

​@@Peanutusmhm.

[@prasenjittripura3]

it damaged like china plastic products😂😂

[@ronparrish6666]

Flying bowling ball not bird

[@arc4055]

The French marque destroyed the Osaka Continental. And then he also managed to kill John Wick by the end. This was Osaka's birds' act of revenge on the French for the destruction of the Osaka Continental Hotel and the death of John Wick. You cannot say that this is a conspiracy theory.

[@frankowot4]

John Wick Vs Chuck Norris, who wins?

[@SaltyBollocks1]

Yet, these planes can fly THROUGH steel buildings. 🫵🤣👍

[@shrimpflea]

Buildings aren't solid steel. In fact the World Trade Center was mostly glass and air.