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Title: | Aircraft damage in hailstorm west of Helsinki on 21.7.2001 |
Micro summary: | This McDonnell Douglas MD-81 experienced hail damage to its radome and empennage in cruise. |
Event Time: | 2001-07-21 at 1407 UTC |
File Name: | 2001-07-21-FI.pdf |
Publishing Agency: | Finland Accident Investigation Board (AIB) |
Publishing Country: | Finland |
Report number: | B 5/2001 L |
Pages: | 45 |
Site of event: | west of Helsinki |
Departure: | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Marsta, Sweden |
Destination: | Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Helsinki, Finland |
Airplane Type(s): | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) |
Flight Phase: | Cruise |
Registration(s): | LN-RMT |
Operator(s): | SAS |
Type of flight: | Revenue |
Occupants: | 69 |
Fatalities: | 0 |
Serious Injuries: | 0 |
Minor/Non-Injured: | 69 |
Other Injuries: | 0 |
Executive Summary: | On Saturday 21 July 2001 at 14.07 co-ordinated universal time (UTC) there was an aircraft incident west of Helsinki, in which a Douglas DC-9-81 aeroplane (MD81) owned by Commercial Aviation Leasing Ltd and operated by Scandinavian Airlines System Ab (SAS), call sign SAS1700, registered LN-RMT, flew into a severe hailstorm in clouds while on a scheduled passenger flight from Stockholm-Arlanda to Helsinki-Vantaa airport. The aircraft radome was damaged and the windshields in front of the pilots were cracked. In addition, the engine inlet cowls and leading edges of wings and stabilisers were dented by hail. There were 63 passengers and six crew members on board. |
Learning Keywords: | Consequence - Damage - Airframe or fuselage |
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