Shaheen A320 enroute on Feb 25th 2018, hail strke

Last Update: March 29, 2018 / 16:24:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 25, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NL-224

Aircraft Registration
AP-BLK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Shaheen Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BLK performing flight NL-224 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Islamabad (Pakistan), was enroute when the aircraft received a hail strike. The crew continued to Islamabad for a safe landing on runway 30.

On Mar 29th 2018 Pakistan's SIB reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident, an investigation has been opened. The aircraft received 674 hail impact marks.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 25, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NL-224

Aircraft Registration
AP-BLK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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