DL 1889 Damaged by hail enroute BOS-DIA
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but technically DIA was the code for about a day when the new Denver airport opened. There was a little overlap when Stapleton and the new Denver airport were open and there had to be two airport codes. Obviously it reverted back to DEN after Stapleton closed.
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I am more than happy to give the benefit of the doubt when airlines or airline emloyees make harmless or honest mistakes. That being said, the flew into A FRICKIN HAIL SHAFT. These weather formations take at least a minute or two to form. Apparently the radar didn't work prior to the airplane encountering hail. Otherwise, they wouldn't have flown any where near A FRICKING HAIL SHAFT.
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but technically DIA was the code for about a day when the new Denver airport opened. There was a little overlap when Stapleton and the new Denver airport were open and there had to be two airport codes. Obviously it reverted back to DEN after Stapleton closed.
The temporary code for Denver International before DEN was moved from Stapleton was "DVX".
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AA had a 787 damaged by hail after leaving Beijing recently as well. A few hail issues recently.
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...ext-week.html/
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...ext-week.html/
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I am more than happy to give the benefit of the doubt when airlines or airline emloyees make harmless or honest mistakes. That being said, the flew into A FRICKIN HAIL SHAFT. These weather formations take at least a minute or two to form. Apparently the radar didn't work prior to the airplane encountering hail. Otherwise, they wouldn't have flown any where near A FRICKING HAIL SHAFT.
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I am more than happy to give the benefit of the doubt when airlines or airline emloyees make harmless or honest mistakes. That being said, the flew into A FRICKIN HAIL SHAFT. These weather formations take at least a minute or two to form. Apparently the radar didn't work prior to the airplane encountering hail. Otherwise, they wouldn't have flown any where near A FRICKING HAIL SHAFT.
Radar is not one hundred percent, weather forms fairly quickly, and as noted in another post, one doesn't need to be right in the storm to get hit. Hail can be carried a few miles away from the storm. Nothing here indicates the radar didn't work, just that the hail formed fairly quickly and/or was carried away from the storm clouds it formed in.
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No, there is no other forums. Someone who posts a news.
Found this:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28...landing-denver
Found this:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28...landing-denver
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Glad the pilots were able to land the plane safely. A replacement aircraft (MD-90) took the pax from DEN to SLC about 4 hours after the emergency landing.
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I was on the flight and was quoted in the Denver Post article. I have to say that the pilot and crew were top notch on our flight. We could have been in a panic considering the condition the aircraft was in, but the FAs and pilots were calm and made it sound like just another day of flying, even though it clearly wasn't. That confidence helped all the passengers and even some that I saw who were really freaking out were able to calm down as a result of it. Feel free to ask questions if you want, I'll be in and out of the thread every so often and do my best to answer everything.
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Planes are going 500+ MPH and can't turn on a dime. So if weather forms directly ahead of them or literally right around them, "a minute or two" is not enough time to deviate around it.
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Summer storms in the midwest are incredibly dynamic. I don't think people realize how far aviation meteorology has come and I'm sure those in that community will write a thesis on this event.
I take 1889 a few times per year. I've been on planes struck by lightning that could not continue, one of which was quite disconcerting. This would have surely been frightening even for the most seasoned flyer. Glad this turned out ok for all (except the aircraft).
I take 1889 a few times per year. I've been on planes struck by lightning that could not continue, one of which was quite disconcerting. This would have surely been frightening even for the most seasoned flyer. Glad this turned out ok for all (except the aircraft).
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I was on the flight and was quoted in the Denver Post article. I have to say that the pilot and crew were top notch on our flight. We could have been in a panic considering the condition the aircraft was in, but the FAs and pilots were calm and made it sound like just another day of flying, even though it clearly wasn't. That confidence helped all the passengers and even some that I saw who were really freaking out were able to calm down as a result of it. Feel free to ask questions if you want, I'll be in and out of the thread every so often and do my best to answer everything.