India, Aug. 6 -- An Iberia Airbus A321XLR, delivered to the airline just over a month ago, reportedly sustained damage during a flight to Paris Orly Airport (ORY) after colliding with a large bird.

The aircraft, Iberia's newest and fourth A321XLR, took off from Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD) on August 3 shortly after 6:40pm local time. Within about five minutes of departure, the flight appeared to turn back toward the airport.

In a statement to AeroTime, Iberia confirmed that flight IB579 struck "a large bird on the front section of the aircraft and one of its engines" shortly after takeoff.

The horrifying moments were captured on video from a passenger inside the Iberia plane, ABC7 Chicago reported.

"We thought that it was the turbulen...