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Pilot Lands Airbus A320 after severe hail damage

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  1. Jacob Potts

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    #1 Jacob Potts, Jul 31, 2017
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    #2 tazandjan, Jul 31, 2017
    Thought that was why they put radar in those things. That cell must have been positively glowing on the radar screen. At least for a while.
     
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    #3 GatorFL, Jul 31, 2017
    Wow, totally hailblasted. Looks like the hail perforated the nose cone in multiple places. They're lucky they didn't lose their engines.
     
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    #5 beast, Jul 31, 2017
    In the Delta incident the pilot tried to shoot a gap between 2 cells that was closing up. A SWA flight went through the gap prior to the Delta flight and the pilot reported to ATC that nobody should follow them through the gap. ATC did not advise the Delta flight to divert around the cell.

    Incident: Delta A320 near Denver on Aug 7th 2015, hail strike
     

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