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| Date: | Sunday 9 June 2024 |
| Time: | 15:31 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 |
| Owner/operator: | Austrian Airlines |
| Registration: | OE-LBM |
| MSN: | 1504 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | over Hartberg -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI/LEPA) |
| Wien-Schwechat International Airport (VIE/LOWW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Austrian Airlines flight OS434, an Airbus A320-214, encountered a severe hailstorm as it was descending through an altitude of about 20000 feet near Hartberg, Austria, about 100 km SSW of the destination Vienna International Airport (VIE).
The nose cone sustained substantial damage and the windscreen suffered extensive damage.
Sources:
https://www.5min.at/5202406092116/flugzeugnase-von-hagel-stark-beschaedigt-pilot-landet-maschine-sicher/
https://x.com/exithamster/status/1799869949130740197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Escreen-name%3Aflightradar24%7Ctwcon%5Es1
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oe-lbm#3598f16a
https://www.austrianwings.info/2024/06/kommentar-hagelflug-aua-434-chronologie-eines-hoellenritts/
https://www.flysto.net/logs/t55l9jbr?area=14.5716,17.2578,47.8521,46.7630&t=10274&view=2d&check=k4vv4
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 2014 | OE-LBM | Austrian Airlines | 0 | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |  |
min |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
Media:
When you send off four besties and they end up being „attacked“ by hail, lose half of the cockpit nose and have their front windows shattered prior to arrival. #OS434 Palma to Vienna. Very pleased you all touched ground - alive. Thanks #austrian #aua #airlines pic.twitter.com/SHOUsUY5Wg
— Exithamster (@exithamster) June 9, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2024 20:02 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Jun-2024 05:18 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2024 05:20 | ASN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 10-Jun-2024 05:25 | ASN | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2024 08:21 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2024 09:00 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2024 07:49 | MartinaRiehm | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Jun-2024 06:07 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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