A400M damaged in bird strike
 

An A400M was damaged in bird strike incident on May 8, 2020 In Zaragosa.

No expert here but it seems like a pretty bad case - the damage is substantial.

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Looks like a lightweight composite fairing was hit.

Exactly. New fairing panel please and clean up surrounding area.

I agree, describing the damage to the bird as being substantial is an understatement, it won’t fly again.

Big white bird?
Could be in trouble if it is one of the Queen's swans.
But then it is Her aircraft.

Linked news item suggests this was a SpAF aircraft.

Was the bird carrying a cow at the time??

Or was it on its nest?

I'm wondering how it hit the side and still caused a substantial amount of damage

Strange things happen during an animal/aircraft interface. I saw the aftermath of a C-130 running over a Porcupine on the runway in a hot and sandy place. Although very dead, the animal was mostly intact. The Herc had an u/c door torn off!

Await press release from Sesame Street

Let's hope that's not the "exit wouind"!

It'll buff out.............

Arc

'scuse my ignorance, but is that a pet door just a few inches north west of the strike?

It certainly looks like a cat flap....:p

Yup! The cat is needed to keep the birds away

Yup! The cat is there to scare the birds away

Spain at that time of year, Vultures, Eagles etc, any one of those will give you a problem if it hits.