A TUI Airways Boeing 737MAX with as many as 189 passengers onboard was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday after two swans smashed into the nose and cockpit windscreen as the plane took off from London Gatwick Airport.
The two-year-old aircraft departed Gatwick at 9:20 am on February 6, bound for the popular winter sun destination of Cabo Verde off the coast of West Africa, but the pilots quickly stopped the climb when the two swans impacted the front of the plane.
At just 1,000 feet, the pilots made a mayday distress call and then entered a holding pattern over West Sussex before making a priority return to London Gatwick where the plane was met by emergency services.
Once safely on the ground, the true extent of the damage to the plane was easily visible, causing puncture holes…
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