Egypt A320 at Juba on Sep 8th 2014, hail strike
Last Update: September 9, 2014 / 19:09:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 8, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-859
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Juba, South Sudan
Aircraft Registration
SU-GBC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The return flight MS-860 was postponed to the next day.
Passengers waiting for the return flight reported they were told the aircraft received a bird strike, which caused a crack in the windshield, the crew did not deem safe to fly the aircraft. The passengers were taken to hotels and have been advised a replacement flight would be available the following day departing Juba with a delay of 22.5 hours.
On Sep 9th 2014 The Aviation Herald learned that the aircraft flew through hail on approach to Juba resulting in both windshield cracked and damage to the nose cone.
No METARs or local weather data are available for Juba, however a TAF was available:
HSSJ 081000Z 0812/0918 09008KT 8000 SHRA FEW045CB BKN090 PROB30 TEMPO 0812/0818 12006KT 9999 SCT040 BKN140 TEMPO 0818/0824 09006KT 9999 FEW040 SCT140=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 8, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-859
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Juba, South Sudan
Aircraft Registration
SU-GBC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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