Nose radome of an Iberia A321 was damaged during departure from Madrid Barajas Airport.
Iberia flight IB579 to Paris ORY was forced to return back to Madrid Barajas after a bird strike shortly after takeoff earlier today.
The Airbus A321XLR aircraft (registration EC-OOJ) stopped the climb at 6,500 feet after the incident.
The flight was vectored back to Madrid after pilots contacted ATC to require an immediate return to MAD Airport.
The flight returned to the airport after 50 minutes in the air. The bird strike damaged the nose radome and the weather radar antenna.
