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Aircraft flies into thunderstorm, major hail damage

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A couple of weeks ago, a relatively brand new A321 from Brazilian airline TAM flew into stormy weather, whilst on climb to cruise. It appears the aircraft was hit by lightning and as it turned to return to the departure aerodrome, it entered an area of hail which cause the windscreen to shatter, and put significant damage to the airframe.

 

The aircraft made a succesful landing.

 

Public Twitter link:

http://twitter.com/vargasmoni/status/565271993529139201/photo/1

 

Will Reynolds

 

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Wow that is nuts, I was wondering if it was really just hail and apparently it was http://avherald.com/h?article=48188170. Crazy what weather plus a bit of velocity can do.

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