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Jan 4, 2016, 9:01 am

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wxguy

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Originally Posted by wxguy

03Jan15 UA532 ORD-BOS, scheduled 1054 departure. FO found the nose cone askew during his walk-around. Rolling delays in 30-minute increments while maintenance pondered what to do. Finally the decision was made to take the bird out of service, and a new A320 was found with a scheduled 1345 departure.

Here's a picture of the bad bird. Note the slight gap on the upper side of the radome.

Unsure why the image attached sideways - it's fine on my computer! I guess the plane wouldn't fly too well this way

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Last edited by wxguy; Jan 4, 2016 at 9:07 am