When a plane collides with a flock of birds it can be messy

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Nose of planeImage source, Twitter/flight_report

It apparently happens all the time.

We often hear about birds flying into commercial aircraft engines. Well it seems planes can just as easily fly into flocks of them.

That's what happened to a Turkish Airlines flight travelling from Istanbul to Nevsehir in Turkey.

The plane went on to safely land without anyone getting injured on board, but as you can see the collision left its mark.

Image source, Twitter/flight_report

Birds hitting main parts of the plane like the wings or nose isn't reportedly as serious as when they get sucked into the engine.

If you're wondering why the flock left such a big impact, the nose is made of fibreglass to reduce damage.

To the plane that is.

Image source, Twitter/flight_report

Plus the nose has the radar behind it.

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