An Austrian Airlines flight travelling from Palma de Mallorca, Spain to Vienna, Austria (flight OS434) sustained significant hail damage during its approach on Sunday. The airline reported the aircraft encountered a severe thunderstorm cell, resulting in damage to the cockpit windows, exterior coverings, and notably, the nose cone.
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“I think we were about 20 minutes from landing when we got into a cloud of hail and thunderstorm, and the turbulence started,” Emmeley Oakley, a passenger on the flight
Passengers onboard, including Oakley, described hearing the hail strike the aeroplane.
“We could definitely feel the hail coming down on the plane and it was quite loud and ofc super rocky for a minute,” Oakley wrote.
