2023-07-28 12:05:27
By AR
Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 47 minutes ago
The front of the plane disappeared, broken by hailstones. Screenshot / @DanasMuse1
The airliner, which left Milan, was to carry its 215 passengers to New York. He finally had to make an emergency landing in Rome.
Upon getting off the plane, after a forced landing in Rome, the 215 passengers on a Milan-New York flight organized by the Delta company discovered the extent of the damage caused by hail. The Boeing 767 found itself, this Monday, July 24, in the heart of a hailstorm, despite its 7000 meters of altitude.
The hailstones, which fell on the aircraft only a quarter of an hour after its departure, broke the tip of the fuselage, which disappeared. The wings and engines were also badly damaged.
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This episode scared the more than 200 passengers and the eleven crew members who accompanied them. “The turbulence was like being on a roller coaster. There were a lot of air holes. One of the passengers looked out the window and saw the wing shaking as if it was going to break. Me, I saw flashes of light hitting the plane“, told a passenger to TF1.
Caught in this turbulence, the pilot decided to turn back to Rome airport, which was 500 kilometers away. “The flight landed safely in Rome“, indicated the company Delta in a press release taken up by Associated Press . Everyone was able to return safely to the mainland, and the passengers were able to board for New York later in the day on another plane.
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