Incident Boeing 747-428 F-GITI,
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Date:Tuesday 12 November 2013
Time:18:38 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B744 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 747-428
Owner/operator:Air France
Registration: F-GITI
MSN: 32869/1327
Year of manufacture:2003
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) -   Brazil
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL)
Destination airport:Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Flight AF-443 to Paris-Charles de Gaulle returned to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after sustaining damage in a hail storm.
The flight landed safely back to Rio de Janeiro at 20:38. Photos show damage to the nose cone, flight deck forward wind shield and wing edge lights.

Sources:

http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2013/11/granizo-danifica-para-brisa-e-aviao-da-air-france-retorna-ao-galeao-no-rio.html
http://pt.rfi.fr/brasil/20131114-passageiros-de-voo-rio-paris-atingido-por-granizo-ja-chegaram-franca

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Nov-2013 07:32 harro Added
14-Nov-2013 14:07 cleberjc Updated [Source, Embed code]
15-Nov-2013 19:52 cleberjc Updated [Time, Location, Phase]

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