New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Passengers panicked after a bird struck the nose of a plane bound for Paris, filling the cabin with smoke. The Airbus had to turn back just 20 minutes into the flight, according to a X post shared by RT.com. A chilling video shows a passenger clutching his oxygen mask as smoke fills the aircraft cabin.

Iberia Flight IB-579 had just departed from Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport in Madrid on Sunday when a large bird struck the nose of the aircraft, compelling it to return and execute an emergency landing, ABC 7 Chicago reported.

"We thought it was the turbulence that the captain was talking about, but then we started hearing a noise," the report quoted passenger Giancarlo Sandoval, who captured the terrifying sce...