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An Austrian Airlines airplane’s nose and cockpit windows were severely damaged by hail during a flight from Spain to Austria after encountering a thunderstorm cell, officials say.
Plane carrying 173 passengers and six crew made a mayday call after hailstones from a “thunderstorm cell” ripped apart its nose and damaged cockpit windows.
On 25 December 2024, the Embraer 190AR operating the Azerbaijan Airlines flight was severely damaged by what is believed to be an anti-aircraft missile during the aircraft's approach to Grozny. The aircraft attempted to divert but ultimately crashed near Aktau International Airport in Kazakhstan with 62 passengers and 5 crew on board. Of those ...
American Airlines flight 1897 from San Antonio, Texas, to Phoenix, Arizona, was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday night as the plane sustained heavy damage from in hail storm.
The aircraft suffered mild hail damage, and its right-side (number 2) engine was damaged from overheating. [7] The landing site of TACA 110. To avoid similar problems in the future, the engine manufacturer, CFM International, modified the CFM56 engine by adding a sensor to force the combustor to continuously ignite under heavy rain or hail ...
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-8AS [a] registered as HL8088, and was equipped with two CFM International CFM56-7B engines. [7] [8] It first flew on 19 August 2009 and was delivered new to Ryanair registered as EI-EFR. Ryanair leased the aircraft until 2017, after which it was transferred to Jeju Air by the lessor, SMBC Aviation Capital.
Holiday travelers setting out for what is expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year are already facing delays as a severe round of storms rolls into the Southern US.
Southern Airways Flight 242 was a flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with a stop in Huntsville, Alabama.On April 4, 1977, it executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm.