Tianjin A320 near Wuhan on Jul 26th 2018, hail strike

Last Update: July 27, 2018 / 18:51:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
GS-7865

Destination
Haikou, China

Aircraft Registration
B-1052

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Tianjin Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration B-1052 performing flight GS-7865 from Tianjin to Haikou (China), was enroute at 9800 meters (about FL321) about 160nm north of Wuhan (China) when the aircraft encountered hail damaging both outer windshields and aircraft nose. The crew decided to divert to Wuhan for a safe landing about 30 minutes later.

A replacement A320-200 registration B-8069 reached Haikou with a delay of 7 hours.

The airline reported the aircraft accidentally encountered hail while enroute which caused the rupture of the outer left hand windshield and damage to the radome. The aircraft diverted to Wuhan.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
GS-7865

Destination
Haikou, China

Aircraft Registration
B-1052

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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