S71146 - Incident: S7 A320 near Chelyabinsk on Jul 3rd 2021
Created Sunday, Jul 4th 2021 18:15Z, last updated Sunday, Jul 4th 2021 18:15Z
A S7 Sibir Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VP-BOL performing flight S7-1146 from Chelyabinsk to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia), was climbing out of Chelyabinsk when the aircraft flew through a thunderstorm and received hail strike which caused both windshields' outer panes to crack. The crew continued the flight to Moscow for a safe landing at Domodedovo Airport about 2:20 hours after departure.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Moscow about 24 hours after landing.
The aircraft seen after landing:
Source: The Aviation Herald