ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169632
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 September 2014 |
| Time: | c. 11:00 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-202 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Europa |
| Registration: | EC-JPF |
| MSN: | 733 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | GE CF6-80E1A4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 272 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | N of Buenos Aires -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD/LEMD) |
| Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Air Europa flight UX41 from Madrid, Spain to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina sustained damage after flying through a hailstorm.
The airplane was descending through FL250 towards Buenos Aires when the incident happened. A safe landing was made on Ezeiza's runway 11 at 07:58.
The Airbus A330 had sustained damage to co-pilots windscreen and the nose cone was punctured.
Weather reported at Ezeiza about the time of the incident (10:30 UTC) and landing (about 11:00 UTC)
SAEZ 091100Z 18020KT 5000 TSRA BKN010 FEW045CB OVC080 16/15 Q1002
SAEZ 091040Z 18015G27KT 150V220 5000 TSRA BKN007 FEW045CB OVC050 20/19 Q1002
SAEZ 091028Z 17014KT 140V210 5000 TSRA BKN007 FEW045CB OVC050 20/19 Q1001
SAEZ 091000Z 29007KT 230V320 9000 -TSRA BKN020 FEW050CB OVC080 20/19 Q1000
Conclusions of the analysis
During the descent phase of a scheduled international commercial flight, the aircraft entered an area of thunderstorms, with significant convective activity, hail and severe turbulence, resulting in slight damage to the aircraft, due to:
(a) Scheduling the descent in an area with scattered forecast CB, without adequate analysis.
b) Failure to use the technological resources available for the detection of vertical development activity, in accordance with the regulations in force at the operating company.
c) Inadequate meteorological hazard perception.
Probable causal latent condition:
Deficiency in the air carrier to induce operational behaviours committed to safety management in crews.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.clarin.com/ciudades/avion-granizo-air_europa-danos-temporal_0_Hy8zyCFcvXx.html
https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/342-14.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 April 2013 | EC-JPF | Air Europa | 0 | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) |  |
min |
| Tailstrike | ||||||
| 1 October 2020 | AP-BNE | Serene Air | 0 | 74 NM N of Nawabshah |  |
unk |
| Engine failure | ||||||
| 5 April 2021 | AP-BNE | Serene Air | 0 | Karachi - Islamabad | |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
| 8 October 2023 | AP-BNE | Serene Air | 0 | S of Quetta | |
non |
| Loss of pressurization | ||||||
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Así dejó el granizo a un A330 de @AirEuropa esta mañana en Ezeiza cc @De_aviacion @controladores vía @ricardocirielli pic.twitter.com/cUL34t4hqa
— José López Risso (@JoAntonioLopez) September 9, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2014 16:47 | harro | Added |
| 09-Sep-2014 16:54 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2014 17:06 | harro | Updated [Location, Photo, ] |
| 16-Jul-2020 14:47 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2020 14:48 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 10-Oct-2023 07:05 | harro | Updated [[Source, Accident report, ]] |
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