An EK 777 had a interesting bird strike out of DXB last year outbound to the far east. Hit a flock of birds at just under 11000', lost pressurisation, lots of instruments, AP, athr. Aircraft had just accelerated to 300+ knots. Crew dumped fuel, and did a text book job getting it back into DXB. Flight was an upgrade flight. Photos showed a hole just forward of the #1 flightdeck window, and impact damage on the horiz stab, plus other impacts on the fuselage.
I don't know what the birds were, but the UAE is a major migratory area for birds. The birds were thought to be just above an inversion layer.
SyB
