Birds struck plane that made emergency landing at Dublin Airport after pilot collapsed, report says

The incident involved a KLM flight destined for Amsterdam from Dublin on October 19, 2022. File photo: Marcel Antonisse/AFP/Getty Images

A Dutch airliner with 41 passengers and crew on board had to declare an emergency within three minutes of taking off from Dublin Airport after its 35-year-old pilot collapsed in his seat.

A new report by the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) also revealed that the KLM flight destined for Amsterdam sustained a bird strike as it made an emergency landing at Dublin Airport a short time later.