Namibia: Bird rips huge hole in plane after collision before landing

Incredible pictures have shown what happens when a bird collies with a passenger plane. Story has pictures showing a huge hole left in an Airbus A319 after it struck a bird on landing last week. The Air Namibia passenger plane was landing at Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia when it struck the animal. Images shared on Twitter by a passenger on the flight show a large hole ripped through the A319-100 aircraft’s underbody panels, with feathers hanging from the torn metal sheets. Paul Nakawa, a spokesperson for the airline said the aircraft, which has a capacity of 112 passengers, landed safely and engineers have since been flown in from South Africa to repair the plane. There were some delays in departures from the airport after the incident. <br/>