Atlasglobal A320 near Istanbul on Jul 27th 2017, hail strike
Last Update: August 18, 2017 / 15:49:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Atlasglobal Ukraine
Flight number
KK-1010
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Ercan, Cyprus
Aircraft Registration
UR-AJC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported the aircraft was climbing through 4000 feet when the aircraft encountered dense hail. Istanbul was under the influence of a supercell, the temperature dropped by 10 degrees C. The crew used the side windows while landing the aircraft.
A replacement Atlasglobal A319-100 registration TC-ATD reached Ercan with a delay of 6 hours.
On Aug 18th 2017 Ukraine's NBAAI reported the aircraft went through hail while climbing through 5000 feet. The airline investigates the occurrence rated an incident under the supervision of the NBAAI.
Metars:
LTBA 271720Z 32012KT 290V360 6000 -TSRA SCT020CB BKN025 22/19 Q1006 NOSIG=
LTBA 271650Z 30014KT 7000 FEW012 SCT025TCU BKN100 22/19 Q1004 NOSIG=
LTBA 271620Z 30016KT 7000 FEW014 SCT025CB BKN080 22/20 Q1004 RESHRA NOSIG=
LTBA 271550Z 34021KT 9999 -SHRA FEW020CB BKN030 22/20 Q1002 RETSRA NOSIG=
LTBA 271534Z 34017KT 6000 -TSRA FEW020CB BKN035 21/20 Q1002 BECMG TL1600 NSW RMK RWY17L /////KT RWY05 33018KT RWY23 34016KT 310V020=
COR LTBA 271520Z 32021G34KT 290V350 3600 -TSRA SCT016CB BKN026 20/20 Q1003 RETSGRRA BECMG TL1600 9999 NSW=
LTBA 271518Z 32024G48KT 290V350 9999 R35R/1200N R17L/0900N R05/1300N R23/0900N -TSRA SCT019CB BKN026 20/19 Q1003 RETSGRRA NOSIG RMK RWY17L /////KT RWY05 31022G44KT RWY23 32011KT=
LTBA 271503Z 28024G45KT 240V330 0900 R05/P1500D R23/1500D R17R/P1500D R35L/P1500D +TSGRRA SCT017CB BKN022 23/21 Q1003 BECMG FM1520Z 34012KT 9999 NSW=
LTBA 271500Z 28024G45KT 250V330 1600 +TSRA SCT019CB BKN032 26/20 Q1002 NOSIG=
LTBA 271450Z 01023G35KT 9999 -TSRA SCT021CB BKN033CB 27/21 Q0998 NOSIG=
LTBA 271420Z 36022KT 9999 FEW023CB BKN033 27/21 Q1001 TEMPO FM1500 3000 TSRA=
LTBA 271350Z 36017KT 9999 FEW033 29/21 Q1001 NOSIG=
LTBA 271320Z 01009KT 340V040 9999 FEW038 31/21 Q1001 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Atlasglobal Ukraine
Flight number
KK-1010
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Ercan, Cyprus
Aircraft Registration
UR-AJC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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