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AA Flight Diverted Due to Severe Weather Last Night

Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:00 am
Posted by RayFinkleTTU
Orlando's
Member since Jul 2009
5755 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:00 am
Flight from San Antonio to Phoenix had to make an emergency landing in El Paso after hail started pelting the aircraft

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Posted by 50_Tiger
Arlington TX
Member since Jan 2016
42916 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:01 am to
Did the pilot just decide to fly right into a thunderstorm?
Posted by Stexas
SWLA
Member since May 2013
6840 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:02 am to
Posted by TigersSEC2010
Warren, Michigan
Member since Jan 2010
38160 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:02 am to
Are we sure he didn’t just run into the fricking airport?
Posted by btnetigers
South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2015
2322 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:03 am to
Looks like he hit a water buffalo.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
138078 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:04 am to
Hope he's got the Allstate app
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
85910 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:06 am to
Headline is like "broken windshield" which seems to bury the lede that the fricking nose was caved in
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:06 am to

A little Flex Seal will fix it right up.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
138078 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:07 am to
quote:

which seems to bury the lede that the fricking nose was caved in
Posted by partywiththelombardi
Member since May 2012
11723 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:10 am to
impressive skills to land that thing. that windshield looks like Luke's blastshield from a new hope.
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
41389 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:12 am to
Holy shite. That nose couldn’t have sustained much more damage without a catastrophic failure of some sort, right?
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:12 am to
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
133554 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:13 am to
Reminds me of a mugshot of a good ole boy from Alabama....


Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
25845 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:13 am to
quote:

that windshield looks like Luke's blastshield from a new hope.


So you're saying that the pilots were strong in the Force?

Cuz we all know Luke used the Force to FEEL the training droid's laser fire.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:16 am to

Can you imagine sitting over the wing? If the nose took that, the leading wing edge had to be nicked... fuel and stuff.
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
41389 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:17 am to
How does hail that size not frick up the engines?
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
42964 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:18 am to
quote:

AA Flight Diverted


Separate colleges is one thing but this is flat out ridiculous. Can't we all just coexist?
Posted by Open Dore Policy
The Commodore State
Member since Oct 2012
5445 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:18 am to
That must havebeen one big arse piece of hail.
Posted by GeeOH
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2013
13376 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:24 am to
quote:

How does hail that size not frick up the engines?


I imagine it does/did. All I can think of is the blades are spinning so fast it kinda absorbs the impact better, but I'm sure they are fricked up as well.
I'm positive that plane was NOT brown when it left the ground...looks like it was sand blasted!
That thing will now be used for spare parts, lol
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 9:34 am to

State Farm will want to find parts for it in a salvage yard and fix it. A little paint and it's like brand new.
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