Europa A332 at Buenos Aires on Sep 9th 2014, hail strike
Last Update: October 23, 2014 / 20:52:25 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Europa
Flight number
UX-41
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Aircraft Registration
EC-JPF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
Airport ICAO Code
SAEZ
The return flight UX-42 was cancelled.
On Sep 30th 2014 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that the radome and windshield of the aircraft received damage due to hail impact while descending towards Buenos Aires. Argentina's JIAAC have opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident.
On Oct 23rd 2014 the JIAAC released a first brief preliminary information stating the occurrence was rated an incident, an investigation has been opened after the aircraft received damage to radome and windshield during a hail strike.
Metars:
SAEZ 091200Z 20019G30KT 9000 -RA SCT020 OVC030 15/11 Q1005 RETS
SAEZ 091106Z 18017G28KT 150V240 5000 TSRA BKN010 FEW045CB OVC08 0 16/15 Q1003
SAEZ 091100Z 18020KT 5000 TSRA BKN010 FEW045CB OVC080 16/15 Q1002
SAEZ 091040Z 18015G27KT 150V220 5000 TSRA BKN007 FEW045CB OVC050 20/19 Q1002
SAEZ 091028Z 17014KT 140V210 5000 TSRA BKN007 FEW045CB OVC050 20/19 Q1001
SAEZ 091000Z 29007KT 230V320 9000 -TSRA BKN020 FEW050CB OVC080 20/19 Q1000
SAEZ 090930Z 33007KT 5000 TSRA SCT005 BKN020 FEW050CB OVC080 22/21 Q1001
SAEZ 090910Z 24020KT 210V290 3000 TSRA SCT002 SCT005 FEW045CB OVC050 22/21 Q1000
SAEZ 090900Z 26015KT 6000 TSRA BKN010 FEW050CB OVC060 22/21 Q1001
SAEZ 090830Z 35015G27KT 320V040 6000 TSRA BKN018 FEW050CB OVC060 22/20 Q1001
SAEZ 090815Z 01012KT 330V050 7000 TSRA BKN018 FEW050CB OVC060 22/20 Q1000
SAEZ 090800Z 01009KT 340V040 8000 RA BKN040 OVC060 22/20 Q1001
SAEZ 090700Z 01012KT 340V040 9000 -RA FEW025 SCT050TCU OVC100 22/20 Q1001
SAEZ 090600Z 02010KT 330V040 9000 -RA FEW025 SCT050TCU OVC100 2 2/20 Q1003
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Europa
Flight number
UX-41
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Aircraft Registration
EC-JPF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
Airport ICAO Code
SAEZ
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