LATAM Chile A320 near Cordoba on Nov 12th 2018, hail strike cracks windshields

Last Update: November 13, 2018 / 21:48:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LA-487

Destination
Santiago, Chile

Aircraft Registration
CC-BFI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A LATAM Chile Airbus A320-200, registration CC-BFI performing flight LA-487 from Cordoba,CD (Argentina) to Santiago (Chile), was climbing through FL130 out of Cordoba's runway 23 when the crew stopped the climb due to a hail strike that had cracked the windshields. The aircraft landed safely back on Cordoba's runway 23 about 20 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LA-487

Destination
Santiago, Chile

Aircraft Registration
CC-BFI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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