Created Friday, Mar 19th 2021 17:28Z, last updated Friday, Mar 19th 2021 17:28Z
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MYQ performing flight
JJ-3031 from Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ to Fortaleza,CE (Brazil) with 67 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Rio de Janeiro's runway 15 deviating around weather when the aircraft encountered hail causing the left hand windshield to crack. The crew stopped the climb at FL140, descended back to FL120 and due to the weather decided to divert to Belo Horizonte,MG (Brazil) for a safe landing on runway 16 about 80 minutes after departure.
Brazil's CENIPA reported the aircraft sustained minor damage to the outer layer of the left windshield and the radome. The occurrence was rated an incident.
