What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Madrid to Rome
Where: Madrid
When: May 9 2011
Why: The plane took off without incident, but an hour outside of Rome, the instrument panel indicated an engine leak. The pilots returned to Barajas where they made an uneventful landing with emergency services on standby.
The flight was cancelled.
What: Ryanair Frankfurt to Ciampino
Where: Rome
When: May 10, 2011
Who: 166 passengers
Why: On the next day, another Ryanair flight ingested two birds into an engine, overshot the runway on the emergency landing in Rome. Several injuries occurred during the emergency exit via slides.
Pegasus Airlines flight PC-947 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 7th.
LATAM Cargo Chile flight UC-1507 suffered a bird strike near Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 24th.
Avianca Plane had to reject takeoff at Sao Paulo- Congonhas Airport, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 4th.