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Today, photos of one of the Uzbekistan Airways planes spread across social media. Its front part was covered with small dents, as if it had been pelted with stones. According to the airline, the aircraft indeed encountered an unusual situation. The plane was hit by severe hail, which damaged the cockpit windows and the radar dome.
“On August 3, an A320 aircraft operating the Krasnoyarsk – Tashkent route encountered severe hail an hour into the flight at an altitude of 11,000 meters while crossing the Russia-Kazakhstan border. As a result, the cockpit windows and radar dome were damaged. The crew followed prescribed procedures and decided to continue to the destination airport, Tashkent,” the airline reported.
There were 174 passengers and 6 crew members on board. The aircraft safely landed at Tashkent International Airport named after Islam Karimov at 15:38 Tashkent time.
Currently, specialists from Uzbekistan Airways Technics are conducting repair work to replace the dome. Additionally, a scheduled inspection of the aircraft is being carried out. The aircraft will soon resume flights according to the schedule.
The airline emphasized that this incident does not pose a threat or serious problem for continued flights.
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