MIAMI, Florida (KTRK) -- There have been recorded instances of birds hitting commercial airplanes in the past.
Images from one recent strike, though, are showing a freakish result: the bird stuck in the nose of the aircraft.
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The evidence was still hanging off an American Airlines jet when it landed Tuesday in Miami.
The dead bird somehow punctured a hole in the Airbus A319. There was no word of injuries to passengers and crew as a result of the strike.
The plane is expected to be out of service until the hole can be fixed.
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The FAA reports more than 160,000 bird strikes have happened in the last 25 years.
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