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Emirates Airbus A330-243 cracked windshields and damage the nose paint

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Saw one of my friend share this on FB:-

 

"A6-EAP An Emirates Airbus performing flight EK51 from DXB to MUC, was enroute at FL340 over Austrian Air Space when the crew decided to divert to PRG after it flew through a zone of hail causing cracked windshields and damage the nose paint."

 

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source: http://planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=1060743

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Interesting to see the impact pattern .... one could easily tell where the greatest impact on the nose and on the cockpit windscreen.

 

Wonder what the leading edges of the wings and tails look like.

 

I remember some years back when part of the South African Airways fleet was "attacked" by hails ... and left holes in some of the wings.

 

Having personally experienced hailstones, I must admit that besides being very very cold when it rains hailstones, the impact of even small marble-sized hailstones is quite painful. But quite a miracle watching them coming down, bouncing all over the floor and not melting for quite a while.

 

KC Sim

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Interesting that those windshield wipers look largely undamaged though

Man, must have been one heck of a ferocious thump felt in the front end when that struck :blink:

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