RAF Tornado makes emergency landing after bird strike

A Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 had to make an emergency landing at Prestwick Airport, Scotland after a bird strike on Jul. 29.

A spokesman said: “An RAF Tornado experienced a bird strike and declared mayday at 10.36pm last night.

“Prestwick declared emergency so all the emergency services were there to await the aircraft, which arrived 10 minutes later.

“It landed safely at 10.46pm. The emergency was called off, and everyone stood down, at 11pm precisely.”

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