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The Sun
22-07-2025
- General
- The Sun
Incredible pictures show moment seagull SHATTERS cockpit of £73MILLION warplane
A WARPLANE strikes a seagull at an airshow display — shattering the cockpit canopy. Incredibly the pilot was unharmed and able to land the £73million Eurofighter safely. 4 A photographer captured the split-second strike over the San Javier Air Base in Murcia, Spain, on June 15. But snapper Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero said he realised what had happened only after checking his photos. They show the gull swooping into the path of the jet, before the bird is hit and smashes a giant hole in the canopy. A huge cloud of debris can then be seen exploding out from the pilot's cockpit area Javier added: "I was at the base in the San Javier area, at the site where they took us photographers. 'We were watching the Eurofighter display when we saw it leave without finishing. "They reported over the radio it hit a seagull. "I had the whole sequence.' 4
Telegraph
22-07-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Seagull smashes cockpit of £73m Spanish fighter jet
The moment a seagull collided with a Spanish fighter jet and smashed through the cockpit was captured in an extraordinary photograph. The £73m warplane was performing in the Eurofighter display at San Javier Air Base on June 15 when it had a stroke of bad luck. The pilot landed and was unharmed. Aviation photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero unwittingly captured the spectacle, only realising when he checked his camera later on. 'They reported over the radio that it had hit a seagull and broken the cockpit. Just then, I looked at the photos I had and saw the whole sequence,' he said. 'When I looked at the photos, I was amazed to see the front of the cockpit broken.' Bird collisions with aircraft are a regular occurrence, with 13,000 reported annually in the US alone. But for a bird to shatter a pilot's glass window, and for a photographer to capture the scene, is exceedingly rare.
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Terrifying moment seagull strikes £73million Eurofighter shattering its cockpit during airshow
Explosive pictures show the moment a bird shattered the cockpit of a £73million warplane. Aviation photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero captured the scene as a seagull hit a Eurofighter at a Spanish display in June. The images showed the bird soaring just in front of the display plane. A second photo showed a mist of red chunks and feathers sliding off the Eurofighter. Amazingly, Javier didn't notice what he had captured until checking out his pictures later. He explains: 'This happened at San Javier Air Base, on the beach of Santiago de la Ribera, Murcia on June 15. 'I was at the base in the San Javier area, at the site where they took us photographers. We were watching the Eurofighter display when we saw it leave without finishing the display. 'They reported over the radio that it had hit a seagull and broken the cockpit. Just then, I looked at the photos I had and saw the whole sequence. 'When I looked at the photos, I was amazed to see the front of the cockpit broken. 'Luckily, the pilot landed and was unharmed.' Javier used a Nikon D7500 with a Nikon 200-500mm telephoto lens. The incident happened at the Aire25 international air festival held at San Javier Air Base. Last year, a fighter plane was seen on tape apparently close to losing control and flying straight towards a crowd at a Turkish airshow. The aircraft can be seen rocking in the air before the pilot suddenly pulls the nose up just before it reaches the spectators. The terrifying incident happened at the TEKNOFEST airshow in Adana, southern Turkey on October 3 last year, local media has reported. It is understood the near-miss occurred at the end of a demonstration flight by the SoloTurk, Turkey's aircraft acrobatics team and involved a F-16 fighter jet. According to reports, an investigation was launched into the incident with experts examining the aircraft's video recordings and other flight information.
See - Sada Elbalad
18-05-2025
- Climate
- See - Sada Elbalad
4 Missing, Thousands Evacuated as Floods Sweep Argentina
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Khaleej Times
11-03-2025
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
UAE expresses condolences to Argentina over deaths in heavy rains, floods
The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Argentina, which has been hit by heavy rains that have killed and injured a number of people and caused extensive damage in southwestern Argentina. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its sincere condolences to the Argentine government and people and to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to all those injured. At least 13 people have died after relentless heavy rains battered the coastal city of Bahia Blanca in southwestern Argentina, triggering severe flooding and widespread destruction. Local media reported that two young girls, aged four and one, are missing and feared to have been swept away by floodwaters following the storm on March 7. The torrential downpour inundated hospital rooms, submerged entire neighbourhoods, and left large parts of the city without electricity. Argentina's National Security Minister Patricia Bullrich described Bahia Blanca as "destroyed." Authorities fear the death toll could rise further, with the mayor's office warning that more casualties remain possible in the city, located 600 kilometres southwest of Buenos Aires. The deluge, which began on Friday morning, unleashed more than 400 millimetres (15.7 inches) of rain in just eight hours — nearly equivalent to Bahia Blanca's average annual rainfall—according to provincial security minister Javier Alonso. On March 8, the number of evacuees had dropped to 850 from a peak of 1,321, as emergency crews worked to assess the full extent of the devastation. Bahia Blanca has endured previous weather-related disasters, including a 2023 storm that also claimed 13 lives, caused the collapse of homes, and inflicted widespread damage on the city's infrastructure.
