B737-300 damaged due to hailstorm

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 17 Aug 2003, 12:35

Just minutes after take-off an EasyJet B737-300 has encountered a severe hail storm and came rapidly back to Geneva. On the following pictures you can see the damge on the aircraft.

Note that both cockpit windows are broken 8O

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Ciao
Chris
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Post by **sn26567** » 17 Aug 2003, 12:39

Wow! Rare views! Thanks Chris!

The hail must have been like pigeon eggs at least. Did the tower not know about it before giving authorisation to take off?

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 17 Aug 2003, 12:48

I guess that the tower didn't know it, otherwise the aircraft wouldn't have been cleared for take-off

But I'm sure the pilots had the fear of their lives. It must have been very impressive to be in the cockpit at that time.

Ciao
Chris
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Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Aug 2003, 13:09

8O Wow 8O Impressive pictures !!

Don't want that to happen on my flight! Heavy rain is allready a lot of noise! Can't imagine hail-storms ...

Thanks for the message Chris!

ciao,

Bart
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Fab99 · Post by **Fab99** » 17 Aug 2003, 13:39

I guess those guys won't forget to switch on weather next time!! Or at least they will now keep clear of red areas

Anyway, it's a pitty for that brand new 737, must be a lot of money to fix it

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 19 Aug 2003, 13:08

Some more pics on this link , just relax & fly easy jet

Sorry for the spam...

SkyStef

L-1011 · Post by **L-1011** » 19 Aug 2003, 16:03

Do you think they will repair this one or just use it for spares and then throw it away

Have you seen the leading edges, they are completely ruined; must be very expensive

Do you think that Easyjet has insurance for such incidents (or the lessor?)

This reminds me of the hail storm that damaged Air Transat C-FTNA , which by the way is my Avatar ! It never flew again, because the plane was old and to expensive to repair

Here are some other pics of the damage
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ciao,
TriStar

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 19 Aug 2003, 19:21

Thanks for the nice picture SkyStef

Impressive 8O 8O

Ciao
Chris
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nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 19 Aug 2003, 20:21

L-1011 wrote:Do you think they will repair this one or just use it for spares and then throw it away

Well it is still a pretty new aircraft so I doubt it will be used for spares.

Post by **sn26567** » 19 Aug 2003, 22:59

The plane doesn't look beyond repair. I'm pretty sure it will be repaired, at the costs of the insurance company (this kind of risk is covered).

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 21 Aug 2003, 12:03

Sorry guys

I made a mistake. It's a B737-300 and not a 700. i will correct it above in the topic.

Here are some additional pictures of it.

http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch.cgi

Ciao
Chris