American Airlines B787 damaged in hail storm
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AMcWhirterParticipantAm American Airlines B787 suffered hail storm damage near Beijing on July 27. The aircraft in question was just three months old.
They hope to have it repaired and “back in the air in the next week or so.”
But a picture in The Dallas Morning News shows the amount of damage that this B787 nose cone suffered in the hailstorm.
11 Aug 2015
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Tom OtleyKeymaster11 Aug 2015
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LuganoPirateParticipantShows how tough those birds are but for the passengers must have been like flying through a war zone at low altitude!
12 Aug 2015
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Tom OtleyKeymasterI wonder if it is becoming more common. This one in January caused £13 million in damage to aircraft and equipment and resulted in three deaths
While this U.S piece discusses the increasing damage caused by hailstorms in the U.S
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/damage-hail-increases-84-percent/story?id=19681676
and from Allianz
12 Aug 2015
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FDOS_UKParticipantSome background reading on storm intensity
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ClimateStorms/page2.php
12 Aug 2015
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LuganoPirateParticipantI’m not sure if it’s more common or the fact that it’s being reported more often as a “newsworthy” story? If you look at sites such as airliners.net there are plenty of pictures going back many years of hail damaged aircraft.
I think the fact we have more aircraft in the skies and where even a normal diversion can hit the front page nowadays with some journals looking to sensationalize every minor event due to an increased awareness of all matter flying thanks to MH340 and MH17, has more to do with it than anything else.
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