This looks like some Twilight Zone stuff

[CatWoman]

LATAM A320 Airplane Flies Through HUGE Hailstorm over Paraguay

[GreenWave]

1. You mean where the gremlin was on the wing?

I hear Que locura Spanish for what madness a few times,

[CatWoman]

2. lol

exactlly

[Fla Dem]

3. Unbelievable damage. Kudos to the pilots.

[mitch96]

4. I would definitely have to change my pants after this one. Amazing how the windscreen took

the damage without failing.. Also the engines.. Birds, no..... Hail, yes.. Amazing...
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[2naSalit]

5. That would certainly...

Cure me from ever flying again!

[Brother Buzz]

6. Used to be, airline pilots used radar to steer clear those those cells and fly around

[wnylib]

7. Yes. On a flight from Buffalo to Phoenix

in August, the pilot announced a slight delay in reaching Phoenix due to the need to fly around some bad weather. We were in the vicinity of Tornado Alley when that announcement was made. I remember thinking, "By all means. Please do fly around whatever it is."

[CatWoman]

8. The Paraguayan govt has launched an investigation as to why the pilots chose to fly into the storm

[AllaN01Bear]

9. hokey smokes.

[petronius]

10. Terrifying, but oddly reassuring (at least from my perspective on distant stable ground)

Airliners are remarkably tough machines...