A plane departing Rio de Janiero for São Paulo struck a bird during takeoff, which caved in the plane's nose and left the plane streaked in blood. No casualties were reported, and the plane returned ...

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The wings were bent and the engine with its propeller still attached came to rest near the airplane’s nose, according to the NTSB report.

Brian Pipkin was driving nearby when he noticed the single-engine plane climbing before it suddenly veered to the left. He said: "And then it went down nose first. There was an immediate fireball.” ...

Witness Brian Pipkin was driving when he noticed the plane veer to its left. “And then it went down nose first,” Pipkin said Sunday. “There was an immediate fireball.” He called 911.

Photos of the plane show the damaged nose — a massive hole, caving into the front — and a smaller dent where long blood ...