Plane forced to land after massive hail broke cockpit windows

A plane had to make an emergency landing in China yesterday after being beaten by hailstones at over 32,000 feet.

Huge pieces of ice broke the cone of the plane and broke two windshields in the cockpit. According to the Daily Mail, Australian AviationCAAC

All passengers and crew members of the Tianjin Airlines flight were safe, according to the carrier.

The domestic robbery traveled from Tianjin, a major Chinese port city, to Haikou. , a popular seaside destination, when it encountered bad weather.

Flight number GS7865 was struck by hailstones about two hours in his four-hour trip.

] Photo / CAAC

Photos taken after the emergency landing show that the nose cone of the aircraft had a big hollow and that it was badly damaged; and the outer layer of two of its windshields has been broken.

According to information on Flightrader24, the plane took off from Tianjin Binhai International Airport at 15:26 local time yesterday. It was expected that it will arrive at Haikou Meilan International Airport at 18:25.

It is said that the aircraft is an Airbus A320-232, which can usually carry 158 passengers.

The aircraft sailed at 9,800 meters (32,152 feet) According to the local newspaper Dahe, above Zhengzhou, hail occurred

. In an online statement, the airline said the A320 had been diverted to Wuhan. The flight resumed its journey in the evening of Wuhan and arrived in Haikou at 1:34 am local time

.

Tianjin Airlines, headquartered at Tianjin Binhai International Airport in northeastern China, operates domestic and international flights. It has more than 160 flight routes to more than 100 cities.

Aircraft hit by hailstones in China. Photo / CAAC