This is how the nose of an airplane was left, destroyed in mid-flight by a hail storm
An Austrian Airlines Airbus A320, which was going from Palma de Mallorca, in Spain, to Vienna suffered serious damage to his trunk when crossing a thail storm which was not previously detected, so The plane had to request priority to land in the Austrian capital. Emergency protocols were activated at the airport.
Flight OS434 of the Austrian flag airline took off at 3:56 p.m. local time in the capital of the Spanish island. Painted white, with some bright red, like the insignia of the European country, it took flight, without foreseeing the difficulties in your destiny.
The thing is that, when crossing the sky over Italy, flying northeast, and after having left Spanish territory behind, the plane found itself in the middle of a hail stormthat had not been warned in the flight plan.
“During the approach to Vienna, the plane ended up in a storm zone that, according to the cabin crew, was not visible on weather radar“explained a spokeswoman for Austrian Airlines, as reported by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

The weather phenomenon took place at 150 kilometers southwest of Vienna. The force of the ice chunks was so powerful that the nose of the plane was destroyed and, in the images released by the local press, it is observed that part of the structure fell away and exposed the interior of the ship.
The same airline spokesperson added that “according to initial information, The hail damaged both front windows. of the aircraft cabin, the nose of the aircraft and some panels.”
Above the nose, the windows corresponding to the pilot and the rest of his crew were also seriously damagedwhich caused those in front of the flight to be virtually blinded by the storm.
However, the damage occurred to the outer layer of the windows and, as a result, the Airbus did not suffer loss of pressurization. Different parts of the fuselage were points of severe impacts, but none of them caused the main controls or engines to become unusable. The incident also did not cause any injuries.
Already close to the destination, OS434 issued the so-called “mayday”, aeronaval slang word for reporting an alert. As a result, priority was given for landing at 5:55 p.m. local time, almost 120 minutes after takeoff.
“Due to the damage, a request for help was issued. The plane managed to land safely at Vienna airport,” reported the Austrian Airlines spokesperson.

The local press speculated that, for the airline, the damage to the unit could cost enough “to make dismantling the plane cheaper.”
Back on the ground, the capital airport activated emergency protocols, where work was done on the safety of the crew and the passengers, all arrived without having suffered serious injuries.
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