Alexandroupoli: Bird swarm attacked an airplane at the airport “Democritos”

The morning flight – Athens in Democritus was delayed for three hours as the plane was attacked by bird swarms. According to what air marshal Stelios Zantanidis, the plane, leaving Alexandroupoli at 11.05, struck birds and following the security protocol immediately returned to the airport “Democritos”, where he remains for inspection. Flight passengers boarded about three hours later on another aircraft, which took off on 14.10. According to Mr. Zantanidis, the phenomenon of bird attack on planes is rare and occurs only 1% of flights.