[Yoloman]

Originally Posted by Hogmann ↗

Why in God's name they would fly through that I have no idea. They're lucky to be alive.

I had a plane case where the business jet flew into a VIP 6 thunderstorm super cell. Aircraft was in IMC, relying on onboard weather radar. The storm did not appear much on the scope. The large fist sized hail bashed in the cockpit windows, depressurized the plane, and everyone was knocked out. It spiraled down in circles, and crashed on a sloped mountain ridge. Pilot lived. It turns out that the jet had been recently painted, and the paint shop used gorgeous blue paint to stripe the fuselage, including around the nose radome. Well ... that beautiful paint was filled with metallic pigment, and partially attenuated the radar signals. So what came back through the paint was mush, and looked like it on the screen ,,, just sort of a blob. Pilot had no idea ...

Oh, yeah, I forgot: I forced the govt to pay a large sum because of FAA radar negligence in not telling the pilot what was in front of him. I took 70 depositions in that case before it settled on the eve of trial.

[Hogmann]

Originally Posted by Yoloman ↗

I had a plane case where the business jet flew into a VIP 6 thunderstorm super cell. Aircraft was in IMC, relying on onboard weather radar. The storm did not appear much on the scope. The large fist sized hail bashed in the cockpit windows, depressurized the plane, and everyone was knocked out. It spiraled down in circles, and crashed on a sloped mountain ridge. Pilot lived. It turns out that the jet had been recently painted, and the paint shop used gorgeous blue paint to stripe the fuselage, including around the nose radome. Well ... that beautiful paint was filled with metallic pigment, and partially attenuated the radar signals. So what came back through the paint was mush, and looked like it on the screen ,,, just sort of a blob. Pilot had no idea ...

Oh, yeah, I forgot: I forced the govt to pay a large sum because of FAA radar negligence in not telling the pilot what was in front of him. I took 70 depositions in that case before it settled on the eve of trial.

Radome not supposed to be painted for good reason.

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by v1r ↗

"LATAM's Airbus A320. The aircraft during its approach to Asuncion, flew through a major storm. There were 48 people on board, all are safe. The aircraft received severe damage to its nose (Radome),windshield & one of its engine."

It's an ancient relic.

Surprised it's in service.

3rd World Countries don't really have the latest planes of safety procedures to keep them "Up" so it's a wonder that it stayed together at all. FUCKEN LUCKY !