Air France flight 443 , hail strike

Created on Wednesday, 13 November 2013 21:03 | Print

12 November 2013

Air France flight AF-443 , Boeing 747-400 registration F-GITI from Rio de Janeiro to Paris took off from Galeao international airport runway 15 and was climbing through 15000 feet when airplane entered an area with rain and hail with result hailstones to damage a landing light and first officers windshield to crack also airplane received  damage to nose and leading edge.The crew stopped the climb and after entered some hold to dump fuel diverted back to Rio de Janeiro for a safe landing on runway 15

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© Payet Mickael

 

First Flight:09-04-2003

Age:10.6 years

 

photos from facebook from Alessandro Santos

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Rio de Janeiro Galeao airport

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