AA flight caught in hail storm (Pictures)

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06-05-2018, 08:58 AM

SonicFlyer

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AA flight caught in hail storm (Pictures)

Destroyed the nose and windshield:

Photos show damage to American Airlines plane from hail storm following emergency landing | Fox News

06-05-2018, 10:08 AM

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Destroyed the nose and windshield:

Photos show damage to American Airlines plane from hail storm following emergency landing | Fox News

Reading the comments following that news article gave me cancer.

06-05-2018, 10:45 AM

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Don't fly Fifi into hail.

At least the motors are tougher than the nose cone.

06-05-2018, 11:01 AM

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That must have been an interesting landing with the windshields mostly obscured by damage.

06-05-2018, 12:34 PM

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That must have been an interesting landing with the windshields mostly obscured by damage.

I'd be very surprised if they didn't use auto-land, stop and get towed.

06-05-2018, 01:45 PM

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That must have been an interesting landing with the windshields mostly obscured by damage.

The side windows open.

06-05-2018, 02:03 PM

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Delta flt 1889 did the same thing to a Bus April 2015. Diverted to KDEN. Nose and windows look identical to this one.

06-05-2018, 03:02 PM

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The little white airplane animation looks like he zipped right into the red splotch.

06-05-2018, 04:48 PM

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I'd be very surprised if they didn't use auto-land, stop and get towed.

I agree as long as the equipment was working on the ground. Airbus does a great autoland, it's certified Cat 3b ILS with an engine out. With 3b you see the runway maybe a second or two before you land. And this was back in 2002, the last time I flew the 'bus.