Weather Hazards: Hail Storms
Hello Again Readers! In this module I will be talking about the effects and danger of hail storms towards airplanes. It has been known that hail storms are very rare to occur and it only happens to countries and locations that accumulate snow or have low temperatures. When it does happen, multiple damages can occur not only to the aircraft, but also the company as well, not to mention it jeopardizes the safety of the crew and passengers. So what damages can hail storms do to the aircraft, and what are the results of having these components damaged? For starters we can talk about the windshield, getting damage here can restrict the vision of the pilots, depending on how severe the hail, it could penetrate through and can cause more harm (Roche 2018). Next is the Radome, although the whole fuselage would take damage, the radome itself has a lot of important systems behind it, it can destroy the radar, glide slope, localizers and many more (Roche 2018). Lastly, we have the engines, damagi