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Giant Hailstones Can Spoil Your Flight

Posted by michael on from the keep-seat-belt-fastened-while-seated dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has the story and picture of an Airbus 312 jet which flew through a giant-hail storm and was left with serious damage."

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  1. This is surprising? by tpearson · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are we supposed to be amazed that huge hail can damage a plane?

  2. Hey, who's flying this thing? by pphrdza · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can't help wondering why the pilots just flew into the storm. Either it didn't look that bad, or they had the plane on autopilot and weren't watching the storm scope.