Canada B773 at Buenos Aires on Nov 30th 2022, hail strike
Last Update: December 11, 2022 / 14:22:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 30, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-90
Departure
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil
Destination
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Aircraft Registration
C-FNNU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
The aircraft remained on the ground in Rosario with visible hail damage to its radome until Dec 9th 2022 before positioning to Hamilton,ON (Canada). The aircraft has not yet resumed service on Dec 11th 2022 14:15Z.
The airport reported the aircraft went through a storm zone with very large hail, which caused damage to its structure.
Argentina's JST rated the occurrence an incident and opened an investigation into the occurrence.
Metars Buenos Aires:
SAEZ 302200Z 15011KT 9999 FEW016 SCT100 23/18 Q1005 NOSIG RMK PP000=
SAEZ 302100Z 17010KT 9999 FEW018 SCT022 23/18 Q1005 NOSIG RMK PP000=
COR SAEZ 302000Z 19008KT 9999 SCT025 BKN200 23/18 Q1005 BECMG 9999 SCT030 RMK PP000=
SAEZ 301900Z 11005KT 9999 SCT048 FEW050CB 22/19 Q1006 RETSRA BECMG 9999 SCT030 RMK CB OBS SE PP016=
SAEZ 301846Z 17011G22KT 7000 -TSRA FEW003 SCT030 FEW050CB 20/17 Q1005 NOSIG=
SAEZ 301830Z 18009KT 3000 -TSRA SCT003 BKN030 FEW050CB 20/18 Q1005 NOSIG=
COR SAEZ 301808Z 31020G36KT 0100 R11/0250 +TSRAGR BKN005 BKN040 FEW050CB BKN200 20/18 Q1007 NOSIG=
SAEZ 301800Z 21018G29KT 3000 -TSRA BKN048 FEW050CB 24/18 Q1006 BECMG 9999 FEW050CB RMK PP999=
SAEZ 301747Z 18015G25KT 5000 -TSRA BKN047 FEW050CB 26/18 Q1005 NOSIG=
SAEZ 301734Z 21012G23KT 7000 VCTS BKN047 FEW050CB 26/18 Q1005 NOSIG=
COR SAEZ 301708Z 31020G36KT 0100 R11/0250 +TSRAGR BKN005 BKN040 FEW050CB 20/18 Q1007 NOSIG=
SAEZ 301700Z VRB05KT 9999 FEW050CB BKN200 32/18 Q1004 BECMG 9999 FEW050CB RMK CB OBS W PP000=
SAEZ 301600Z VRB05KT 9999 FEW048 BKN200 31/18 Q1006 NOSIG RMK PP000=
SAEZ 301500Z 02004KT 9999 FEW041 SCT100 30/18 Q1006 NOSIG RMK PP000=
SAEZ 301400Z VRB04KT 9999 FEW037 SCT070 29/18 Q1007 NOSIG RMK PP000=
Aircraft Registration Data
Aircraft registration data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 30, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-90
Departure
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil
Destination
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Aircraft Registration
C-FNNU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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