A military jet collides with a seagull during an airshow — causing the cockpit canopy to shatter.
Amazingly, the pilot escaped injury and managed to land the Eurofighter, valued at £73 million, without incident.
A photographer snapped the moment of impact at the San Javier Air Base in Murcia, Spain, on June 15.
But snapper Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero said he realised what had happened only after checking his photos.
They show the gull swooping into the path of the jet, before the bird is hit and smashes a giant hole in the canopy.
A huge cloud of debris can then be seen exploding out from the pilot’s cockpit area
Javier added: “I was at the base in the San Javier area, at the site where they took us photographers.
“We were watching the Eurofighter display when we saw it leave without finishing.
“They reported over the radio it hit a seagull.
“I had the whole sequence.”
