The nose radome, the aerodynamic shell covering the front of the airplane, was mostly stripped away, leaving the jet’s substructure exposed. - PHOTO: KARLENE PETITT/X
VIENNA (Bloomberg): An Austrian Airlines flight landed safely in Vienna after a severe hailstorm tore away much of the plane’s nose cone and left the cockpit windows riddled with cracks.
Flight OS434, a 23-year-old Airbus SE A320, encountered the storm after leaving Palma de Mallorca at 3:55 p.m. on Sunday, AirLive, which tracks aviation emergencies, reported on its website.
