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Pictures: Airliner was smashed by hail in mid-air
A Dash 8-300 from the Zambian regional operator Proflight was smashed by hail and hit by lightning. The incident happened on Nov. 25 while the plane was descending for Lusaka International Airport. The plane hit a severe storm. Pictures of the seriously damaged aircraft were published on a social media account of a local news portal. (airlinerwatch.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
And no one spoke of the engines. The abuse they took had to be terrific and they just kept on running. Fabulous engineering as far as I'm concerned.
You might consider that in this publish or perish world of what's the worst thing we can find to show, all the destruction pics. show composite parts. that took a beating because they were in it for a while. But it wasn't very 'BIG' or they would have shown photos of destroyed metal parts. Like wing, stab. leading edges as well as props. that are composite with metal leading edges. As well, turboprops are the best turbine for ice encounters because most have some sort of inlet ducting and inlet heat that keeps hail and ice out of the core. The typical S duct or diverter may cost you some power but it saves the motor. Not possible with a fan.
Engines are probably toast as the props getting damaged... Prop Vibe will do that.
Yes indeed. The plane is probably a write-off. Best some local entrepreneur buys it and makes a restaurant. Seriously something like that is on my bucket list.
You buy it and I will try to visit your Restaurant... Sounds nice!
So, somehow I missed the photos. of damaged props. but not the obvious pics. of both windscreens, as well as the eyebrows with No apparent damage. That leads to a conclusion of a write-off how? Kinda like DL414 some time back, a venerable 757, that was pretty much universally written off here and DL patched and ferried for repairs. You guys might leave the sensationalism to the press, who at least get paid for it. But I hope not much!
No Weather Radar?
Did Not Check before flight WX.